g to do. I checked myself out of the hospital and took a taxi back to my old com

ured garden behind the building, the cleaning staff was piling my belo

ng?" I cried, rus

ing my eyes. "She said this was all junk and wante

ached with a fresh pain. But then I saw it, a small metal box near the edge

lames, grabbing the hot metal box. A strong han

s face a mask of disgust as he pa

? Are you insane?" he snarle

rling. "You're that desperate over a few documents? Pathet

"Darling, what's all the commotion?" She saw me, and her smile widened. "Oh, Sarah

face to Alex's cold one. "I

round Alex and I couldn't survive without him. To prove her point, she dramatically pulle

uddy garden. As if on cue, the sky opene

ring! Sarah, you must have seen where it we

rned to me, his voice devoi

asked, i

ehead. "You're not leaving this property until you find that rin

pouring rain. For hours, I crawled on my hands and knees in the mud and wet grass, the

he mud. The diamond glinted faintly in the pre-dawn light. Exhau

I asked, my voice

d, shivering, and a cruel sneer spread across his face. "Go. Go as

ack on him and walked to the street where a sleek bl

as