a
name was Chloe. I found them in his private office, their bodies intertwined, a scene burned into my memory. The wor
t her, calling them every name I could think of. I cursed him for his
ed. Chloe, surprisingly, seemed to shri
ed, his voice chillingly devoid of
p a file fr
works. Did you really think your father was faithful to your mother? He had countless affairs.
me, his eyes
ike her in her silence either. But don't make a scene either. It's unbecoming. You
my family's hidden shame, to attack me. He twisted my mother's quiet dignity into weaknes
the quiet click of the front door. I was still sitting in the living room
er head. She stirred, her eyes fluttering open. She was young, barely out of her teens, with an air of delic
ence of standing in the rain for so long. My
ounded foreign even to my own ears. "The guest rooms are upstairs, t
t to an overturned glass, lay a tube of muscle relaxant cream. The Persian rug had deep indentations, as
s echoed in the silent house. I went to my room, not the one Jaxon used, but a separate suite ac
leather journal I kept hidden beneath the floorboard unde
back page, where
ion records: request copies. Personal jewelry: assess
olumbia student. Find out what she
the mask I wore downstairs. This-the quiet planning, the slow gathering o
dient wife. And I'd let him believe that. The l
hiding place. Then I got into bed, turned off t
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