t again as I started wal

and turn

ck in from the edge. "We can help you. Let us take you." He was already planning, the old dynam

, comfortable way we used to move around each other, a three-pe

my voice polite but firm. "I've a

drove away, leaving them standing on the curb w

, and turned my phone off. I needed a few hour

. The last one was from Judi. It was a picture of her in my old bedroom, sitting on

d Ismael are the best. They even gave me the master suite

my life. And they were letting her. They we

and the photo. Then

call from a friend, Clara, who had

"You're getting married? To the Bryant guy? I always t

to happen, Clara," I

three wer

se my own life," I said,

ry. It's just... what about that intern? Judi? I s

nly powerful because she was in my orbit. Once I was gone, she would j

screen. The door to her cafe burst open, and Judi

pointing at Clara's phone. "I

ndaries, no concept of

. "This is a private

I'm sorry," she whimpered, turning

n full display. He put his arm around Judi. "It's okay. W

the phone screen, his

i," Danial declared, his voice loud enough for me to hear

reaction. But all I felt was a profound

phone buzzed with the notification of my