of Bartholomew's deep, even breathing filled the r
e spilled through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the massive bed. She stood ther
the size of a small apartment. She walked past his row
on Hermes bags lined the shelves. These were her uniforms. Bartholomew had
very back corner of the bottom shelf. She grabbed the handle of a scuffed, black
ve plain cotton t-shirts and two pairs of faded denim jeans. She threw them into the suitcase. Sh
moisturizer. She looked at the two electric toothbrushes sitting in the marlifted it by the handle. It was incredibly light. Fiv
nd stopped next to Bartholomew's side of th
he grabbed the five-carat diamond ring on her ringamond hit the stone with a sharp, high-pitched click. The sound wa
urion credit card Bartholomew had given her. She sl
handle of her suitcase, walked out of the bed
into the small guest bedroom. She set
and logged into a hidden, encrypted email server. It was a system she had painstakingly built, utilizing multiple offshore proxies and shell accounts
ary agent and legal representative, containing dozens of lucrative letters of intent from top Hollywood pro
t was the most ruthless divorce attorney in Ma
all rights to spousal support. She demanded a zero-asset split. She wanted
flashed across the screen and
er backpack. She grabbed her suitcase and wa
housekeeper, stepped out wearing a thick wool robe. Maureen saw
orward. She grab
ally. "Do not do this. Do not leave in the middle o
n in this house who had ever offered her a glass of water w
d her arm out of
back, Maureen," C
eavy metal key to the penthouse. She placed it g
sey said. "You do not need
er. The heavy steel door unlocked. She stepped out into the hallway a
ast. The sudden loss of gravity made her stomach float. For the first time in five
two in the morning. The rain had turned into a light, freezing dri
ver. She dragged her suitcase to the co
d. Casey opened the back door and threw her suitcase
arview mirror. "Where to, lady?" h
apartment complex in Brooklyn. It wa
ld glass of the window. She watched the towering, glittering skyscrapers
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