at down on the manicured green of the golf cour

shirt that was two sizes too big and a pair of shorts that she had dug out of t

Hunter was the kind of man who had never been told "no" in his entire life. He

g with his driver. The ball sailed into t

Anna. He looked at the

yson said. He didn't sound co

Rough night, huh?

om the cooler in the cart. He took a sip, then

his," h

, Hunter shifted his weight. His elbow knocked into

lipped from

r Grayson's pristi

ghter s

e water soaked in. He looked up at Anna. His expression was one o

it up,"

re other groups of golfers n

hispered. "I don

g," he said. "Get on y

her ears. The humiliation was p

led out the microfiber tow

the freshly cut grass and the leather polish. She co

," Hunter

for a second, then

he cracks," Hunter sai

at the top of Anna's

umps off a bridge. Something. She lo

hundred," G

topped

asked, sounding impressed. "T

was calm, certain. "I own the debt. I own the hou

the na

ered something

r ears. It sounded like a siren, dis

shb

. The pen scratching across the document that signed aw

ng over the edge. The splash that

orld

crambled backward, away from

like it was being crushed by a hydr

ce sounded far away.

rass was spinning. Black s

ng for air. Her fingers dug into t

Hunter asked, sounding mo

on said. He sounded bored. "

ing so fast it felt like a hummingbird trapped in her ribc

elp..." sh

his phone. He didn't dial 911.

he's having an episode. Take her to the c

d. Not by Grayson. By the cad

of a black SUV. The leather s

as wiping the last spot of water from his shoe with the towel sh

n't lo

ss too

room. It smelled of a

sedative drip. Her body felt h

her eyes

ea

aring that cheap suit he always wore, the

eek. His hand was warm. "You're the only one who kno

cried. "It hu

data," Felix s

es. The room was d

the drip. She looked e

nna croaked. Her

He took the helicopter back to the city an hour ago. He said

ed at the

ars on her misery, watched her collapse, and then l

her temple and into her h

into a fist. The IV tu

the na

hispered to the empty