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

“But I sense something is wrong. I won’t pry. We’ll talk when you get here. In the meantime, I will pray you make the right decision.”


The truth was, Jade hadn’t decided anything. Much as the thought of a weekend in New York at winter’s end was enticing, there was a large part of him that didn’t want to go back to Brynner & Sons. Whatever feelings he had once had for his work had been replaced by the desire to see things go on as they were. For the first time in his life, he was living alone. He enjoyed the solitude, enjoyed sitting out on the porch with his breakfast or a juicy history book, enjoyed having a plate of ravioli and crème brulée for dinner.


And even throwing open all the windows late at night and drawing all the shades and curtains tight and then lying down nude on the floor of his bedroom with his legs up against the bed to masturbate. The night air would bead on his lightly feverish flesh, and he would feel sated and complete.


Chapter 51