Chapter 47

How could I let him down this way? He depends on me to keep our businesses lucrative and he relies on my skills to move us forward.

How do I tell Nick I can’t be his business partner anymore? How do I tell the man of my life that I’m fading away?

Why won’t he see how affected I truly am?27: Careful Not to Crack a Tooth

This morning, Spencer and I shared an awkward hug on Mona’s porch, and then he hurried inside his mother’s house, but Mona stood in the door, watching me with those clever eyes of hers. “Why don’t you come in for a minute? I wanna talk to you.”

Wanna. Not pleaseor could you

“I’m sort of in a hurry.”

“You’re always in a hurry.” She laughed, throwing her head back, her strawberry blond curls bouncing on her thin shoulders. She wasn’t the young cut-throat ballet dancer I’d hooked up with all those years ago, but a mature woman in full control of her charms. “Get inside,” she ordered, walking down the sunlit carpeted hallway. “You’re letting all the heat out.”