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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

of the elevator.

“You’ve crossed the line!”

slap me,

with Christine’s situation, Margaret’s drama was the least of my worries. “Get lost!” I

and strode away, my heart in turmoil over what

it was, that familiar black Maybach trailing my car,

Bryant up to

without consequence, and now he was coming to her

light, I dialed his number, asking,

woman’s scoff came through

“Jane, you flatter yourself.”

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worried about me. He wanted to accompany me to the

feeling as though she’d

Right. She was correct.

wasn’t just now; I had been deluding myself for

need

why

to the police station in the

without a license plate, was now

a cop led me

Christine.

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