Chapter 6

But when Jasper returned to the place he once called home, he found only a cold, empty silence.

The living room was spotless. The servants had already swept up the shattered crystal.

Yet the bare spot where the vase once stood remained like an open wound. He could not look away from it.

He rushed upstairs and pushed open the master bedroom door. The room was empty.

Inside the walk-in closet, all of Charlotte's clothes, handbags, and jewelry had vanished.

Her lotions and makeup no longer sat on the vanity. The surface was completely bare.

Her towel and toothbrush were…