m room. The clock on her nightstand sai
alled Hazelle again. It rang
d, her voice tight. "Just... cal
ough Hazelle's friends, sending texts to anyone she c
g. No
g, leaning heavily on the doorframe. The smell o
e you heard from Hazelle? Sh
Who? Hazelle?" She waved a hand dismissively. "I
ou mean, s
she's moving up in the world. She met some guy. Some finance guy." Chloe roll
ch dropped. "W
uys. The kind of guys who eat girls like her for breakfa
uys. The words echo
, in the Hamptons, t
Dalton Black stood on the edge of the terrace, a glass of whiskey in his hand, looking
rs, a model on each arm. He was already swe
the shoulder. "Why do you always loo
Dalton asked, igno
In the den. Doing his mentor thing. He's g
ing forward, talking intently to a young woman. She was sitting very still, her hands clasped in her lap, her face pale.Something was
, then looked away. Kamren was always collecting strays. A
k," Zane said, dragging h
cial reports, until he found the one from Johana Neal. He opened the PDF again. In the middle of thi
through her. The silence in the room was louder th
A high, keening scream cut through the thumping bass of the mu
the house, by the pool, a crowd was gath
lds had jus
e screen lighting up with an unknown n
d second-guess
el
rolled, came through the line
Who is
n an incident. She's unwell, and we're on our way to Stony Brook S
n incident? What hap
hear muffled shouting, the thump of music abruptly cut. The chaos was leaking through th
e click
e 'Kamren Hubbard' echoing in her m
ana said, her voice a raw w
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