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

“I’m sorry, babe. It’s just that it’s so insane. Don’t you worry,” she said, her voice suddenly edgy with anger. “I’ll take care of little miss. In the meanwhile, I think it’s best if you stay away from her and the manor house.”


“She can rot there for all I care,” Jade said.


“Oh, don’t be like that. You know she’s just angry at you for punishing her and because she thinks you’re standing in the way of her one shot at happiness as lady of the manor. Believe me when I say I’ll talk some sense into her. I know Paris will help. Then I’ll come over and give you a nice massage.”


“I’m grateful for all you’re doing, all you’ve done,” Jade said. “But I really need to be alone for a while. I need some time to think.”


He could lose it all—and for what? What had he done? What had he ever done except protect what little remained of his mother and father in this world?


He took a seldom-used back road out of the property and onto a main drag that led to the highway.


Chapter 48