yn
to pause on the bottom step. Low voices drifted
athy, calculated tease. "What if your wife wakes
watched from the shadows as his hands roamed lower on her waist, pulling her f
the expensive leather couch,
rately letting my foot crea
e with a perfectly rehearsed look of innocence. "Oh, Karyn! I'm so sorry," she stamm
re. "Yes, exactly. She just slipped." He looked at me, puffing out his chest to
me," I said, my tone dripping with sarcasm. "Tak
way, leaving the sterile, picture-perfect suburb behind. I headed for the edge of
fee and burnt bacon. The gritty, honest atmosphere was
Wearing a practical dark trench coat, she pushed a thick st
f the bitter black coffee. My eyes fell on the bri
nger on my behalf. "The joint account is empty. They maxed out every card and t
ertips tracing the shocking figures. A grim
ed, watching my placid face. "They
ry at people you care about, Brianna. For a family of bankrup
ighest level of security isolation activated. As of eight a.m. tomorrow, ensure the
ed out her encrypted tablet, her fingers flying acro
p. "The show's about to start. Be ready to
head, the public phone-the one Brandon knew-vibrated on my pa
olute authority of their crumbling empire, I let out a
n addressing a disappointing subject. "We are having afternoon tea at the main house. Do come over. Th
ose entire legacy was currently being kept afloat by my mo
ng her hypocrisy. "Alright. I have some
tain proper decorum in front of Ivey. You will
t Brandon hated because it was "too loud." Turning the key, I let the V8 engi
erstate toward the Prince family's ancestral home. It was a his
gravel driveway of the main house, kicking up
oots clicking a sharp, aggressive rhythm
I immediately saw the setup. It was
together on the expensive leather sofas, sipping tea from delicate por
left for me, and no extra
of eyes fixed on me, filled with varying degr
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