na's
s to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the fami
ale, with faint dark circles under her eyes. "Seren
rything that was mine from the master bedroom-m
was still asleep. I looked at his handsom
and locked the door from the inside.
workout clothes and left the house for a
rk, feeling the sweat wash away the heavy gloom that had settled in my bones
e a family breakfast. I made
She saw me and called out by habit, "
n, all household matters, including your breakfast, are your father's
disbelief. "Why? Mommy, are yo
picked up my purse and
She ran over to grab my hand,
rs old. You should learn to solve your own p
walked out th
, with no Savannah there to comfort her. A pang of pity shot through me, b
he city's art district, a neighborhood f
estate agency. A yo
g, good light, high security, long-term lease. Most i
ters as an office space fo
igh demand, and the rent is... significant." His eyes
and placed it on his desk. "Rent is not an issue. I can sign
e Centurion Card, a symbol of unlimited
long-vacant top-floor studio with massive fl
ot as "Ms. M." The entire pr
se of profound relief. This was the fir
looding the empty space. I could see
surely brewing. Xavier would wake up to find me gone
d my "Heartbreak Countdown" m
's morning
ating the facts. And facts, I was learn
u, the housekeeper. I declined
fairs of the Harrington house
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