Chapter 58

Now, with him making this simple request, I had no reason to refuse.

Bryant and I were already living separately anyway. A divorce paper was just a formality to make the separation clearer, nothing urgent.

Besides, Timothy’s eightieth birthday was just a month away. It would be here before we

knew it.

Gary walked me out of the study.

“Mr. Ferguson is just looking out for you and the young master, hoping you’d take some more time to think things over,” he said gently.

I was about to respond when my phone buzzed with a call.

An unknown landline number.

“Hello, is this a family member of Christine Jackson?”

“Yes, speaking.”

“We’re calling from the RiverCity Police Department. Could you come down here as soon as possible?”

Panic set in before I could even ask for details, and the line went dead.

to be confronted by an irate Margaret the moment I stepped

of the elevator.

“You’ve crossed the line!”

slap me, I

preoccupied with Christine’s situation, Margaret’s drama was the least of my worries. “Get

shrugged off her grip and strode away, my heart in turmoil over

black Maybach

Bryant up to

me without consequence, and now he was

I dialed his number, asking, “Why are

came

“Jane, you flatter yourself.”

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“Bry is just worried about me. He wanted to accompany me to the police station. This has

as though she’d slapped

Right. She was correct.

now; I had been deluding myself

station, I didn’t even need to enter to

why

the police station in the dead

Ferguson Group earlier, still without a

cop led me

Christine.

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