When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 58

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.

by an irate Margaret the

of the elevator.

“You’ve crossed the line!”

attempted to slap me, I caught her wrist in

was preoccupied with Christine’s situation, Margaret’s drama was the least of my

strode away, my heart in

it was, that familiar black Maybach trailing my car,

was Bryant up

he really think I’d let Margaret slap me without consequence,

his number, asking, “Why

woman’s scoff came through

“Jane, you flatter yourself.”

Chapter 58

Margaret, her tone sugary sweet. “Bry is just worried about me. He wanted to accompany me to the police station. This has nothing to do with

paused, feeling as though she’d slapped

Right. She was correct.

I had been deluding myself

station, I didn’t even need to enter to know what Christine had

why

had come to the police station in the dead

a license plate, was now a wreck,

cop led me

Christine.

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