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

of the elevator.

“You’ve crossed the line!”

slap me,

situation, Margaret’s drama was the

away, my heart in turmoil over what could have happened to

was, that familiar black Maybach

was Bryant up to this

slap me without consequence, and now he was

light, I dialed his number, asking, “Why

woman’s scoff came through

“Jane, you flatter yourself.”

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about me. He wanted

feeling as though she’d slapped me

Right. She was correct.

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

police station, I didn’t even need to enter to know

why

why Margaret had come to the police station in the dead

earlier, still without a license plate, was now

cop led me

Christine.

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