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.

downstairs, only to be confronted by

of the elevator.

“You’ve crossed the line!”

attempted to slap me, I caught her wrist

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

and strode away, my heart

black Maybach trailing my car, adding

was Bryant up to this

without consequence, and now he was

light, I dialed his number, asking,

scoff came through

“Jane, you flatter yourself.”

Chapter 58

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

paused, feeling as though she’d slapped me hard across the

Right. She was correct.

I had been deluding myself for the past three

even need to enter to know what

why

had come to the police station

at the Ferguson Group earlier, still without a license plate, was now

a cop led me

Christine.

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