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 an irate Margaret

of the elevator.

“You’ve crossed the line!”

attempted to slap me, I caught

drama was the least of my worries.

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

it was, that familiar black Maybach

was Bryant up to this

I’d let Margaret slap me without consequence, and now he was coming

light, I dialed his

woman’s scoff came through the

“Jane, you flatter yourself.”

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is just worried about me. He wanted

as though she’d slapped

Right. She was correct.

now; I had been deluding myself for the past three

I didn’t even need to

why

Margaret had come to the police station in

Panamera parked at the Ferguson Group earlier, still without a

cop led me

Christine.

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