static. The ringing of his phone was a s
her voice like a serpent's hiss. "Let
swiped to answer the call and
rew? Where are you? I'm so worried. I'm still in the dressing room at t
too scared to go anywhere..." The helpless, dependent tone
be a mistake. The photos were photoshopped. Chloe had faked them.
eyes pleading for it to be a lie. "These are
ve of profound sadness washed over her. She just shook h
rtunity. "Fake? What's fake? Andrew, did Chloe tell you something?
gain. He wanted to believe his sister was the villa
coming to you," he said, endi
nged forward, blocking t
's patience was gone. He re
hed, the loss of balance-it was the last sensation she'd had in her previous life. The terror of the fall, t
er throat, and she c
her body shaking uncontrollably. Tears streamed fro
reakdown. He had never, in his entire life, se
led out, hysterical and fragmented. "And then the company was gone... Da
ey were a memory, a lived he
She took everything from you, and then she had someo
act. A nightmare? How could a nightmare be so real? He looked from his sobbing sister on the floor to the i
touch her again. He was beginning to realize that something
e rang again. It wa
confirmation from a friend who works security at the Chateau Marmont... Miss Ash
g the dam of Andrew's denial. The photos were
t up his screen.
are you? I'm
asual, was grotesquely co
word about going to find Sloane. He just stared a
worked. She slowly quieted her sobs and looked up at him,
e you still...
e was its own answer. But the st
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