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.

rushed downstairs, only to be confronted by an

of the elevator.

“You’ve crossed the line!”

she attempted to slap me, I caught her

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

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

black Maybach trailing my

Bryant up to

me without consequence, and now he was coming to her

dialed his number, asking, “Why

came through

“Jane, you flatter yourself.”

Chapter 58

tone sugary sweet. “Bry is just worried about me. He wanted to

feeling as though she’d slapped me hard across

Right. She was correct.

just now; I had been

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

why

had come to the police station in the dead

parked at the Ferguson Group earlier, still without a license

a cop led

Christine.

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