Chapter 3

At ten in the morning, the door swung open. Oliver walked in with Leonard Landry, the chief legal counsel of Gardner Group, following close behind.

Eloise was holding onto Oliver's arm. She was in a silk beige dress today, looking completely different from me, who was lying on the bed, smelling of medicine and decay.

Oliver stopped several steps away from the bed.

Leonard stepped forward, pulled a divorce agreement from his briefcase, and laid it out on my bed.

I strained to turn my eyes toward the paper. The property division was spelled out plainly: [Vanessa Gardner gives up…