Jade Cabral strides into the 21st century as a golden guy. Brilliant and beautiful, with a California cool and a Harvard education, he is poised for wealth and success in New York’s Financial District.<br><br>But Jade harbors a secret flaw, a thirst for revenge against Se?or Rodriguez, the California landowner who deprived his father – Se?or’s out-of-wedlock son, John Virgil -- of his family’s rightful inheritance and place in the world. Jade thinks if he succeeds in New York, he can make up for every loss and humiliation his family has endured at the hands of Se?or. That searing quest leads him into the arms of Nan Spencer, a lovely, fragile socialite, and to the top of the financial world, the Twin Towers, on September 11, 2001.

Seamless Sky

“Why don’t you shut up,” she countered.


“Don’t tell him to shut up,” Jade yelled, “when he’s shown me more sensitivity than you ever have. Or probably ever will.”


Belle looked stricken by that last remark. Jade was about to apologize when she showed the old flash and lash.


“Oh, that’s right, I’m always the bitch, aren’t I?” she said, her voice swelling.


“Belle, no one is saying you’re a bitch,” Lleyton offered.


She turned her full fury on her brother:


“But what about you, Jade? You run out of town to Ms. Martinez, like no one knows what’s going on. You could bring her to dinner. Lleyton and I wouldn’t disgrace you.”


“It isn’t about that,” Jade said.


“Then what is it about?” she wondered.


Chapter 44