Chapter 5

The snow-covered wasteland inside me finally became utterly silent.

After the divorce, my days were dead calm.

I sold the old house and bought a modern apartment in a nice downtown complex. It wasn't big, but the view was fantastic, and the minimalist decor was just my taste.

Lucas's money arrived right on schedule. It had so many zeros in the balance that it made my head spin.

I put most of it into safe investments and kept some aside as seed money for my studio.

Tiffany introduced me to an interior designer who had just returned to the country,…