A Vow to Part

sofa. A few documents spre

tucked between a stack of quarterly reports wi

or lamp. Its warm yellow light was just enough to read by bu

keys turning, her fingers un

ng with him the chill of

suit jacket and hanging it on the coat rac

moving aside to make space for him. "There

cent of antiseptic from his body becomi

top and began to flip through it. "Why

it," Rona said, handing him a pen.

casually flipping t

over the paper. Her heartbeat quicken

age, his phone abruptly rang. Khl

iately put down the

rehead as he answered that would

owering his voice

e from the other

had just taken off already in his

out?" Rona a

remembers some details about the accident. She's very upse

er forehead. "I'll be

slightly, making the

e this subtle recoil and hu

ed after him, "and

, already changing his shoes,

ly. But Rona found t

. And her fingertips brushing against the

up with a message fro

at 9 tomorrow morning? Darren left s

had never been to her office and couldn't possibly know if Darren had left any docu

ked to the balcony, watching as Darren's car hurriedly headed towa

all from Khloe could make him drop

room and picked up the ne

ine app and changed her f