Chapter 4

I used Lydia's exact words and walked past him. Wrapped in a thin couch blanket, I sat there from two in the morning until five, then used my mother-in-law's phone to call Susan and ask her to bring the appraisal certificate for the jade bangle from my apartment safe before the wedding.

Susan only asked one question. "Are you still going through with this wedding?"

"Just bring it first."

At dawn, the makeup artist rolled in with a suitcase and found me curled up on the couch. "Miss Sinclair? You didn't sleep last night?"

"I'm fine. Can you cover the…