The Napa Betrayal

a ghost in my own skin. The world seemed muted, the colors washed out. I was

a familiar Range Rover pu

. And

ere here for her first ultrasound. T

e started to get out of the car. "Stella? What ar

senger seat. "Andrew, I feel dizzy," she whimpered, pressing a

cond, his eyes flicking between us. It was a choice. Me,

hose

a out of the car. He wrapped a protective arm around her as he escorted her

them go, the new family

got anyway appeared on my Instagram feed. Mar

dy and I can't wait to

gged A

from his mother, Eleanor. "Grandma is already

s, his cousins, his entire goddamn family, all con

single one of them. T

grief was still there, a hard knot in my chest,

he antique corkscrew his father had given him. I carefully wrapped the Scott family heirlooms he' d given me-a pearl necklace, a diamond bracelet-a

calls. When he texted, frantic, I

st and get better before the wed

est up, that he loved me, that he couldn

thick I could h

e walk down the aisle.