Chapter EIGHTEEN

MEREDITH

The penthouse that was my new home was absolutely stunning. I mean, I grew up wealthy, but I never dreamed I’d live on Billionaire’s Row.

I wasn’t one of those Jersey Girls who ran to the big city every chance she got, so I was sort of a tourist in Manhattan. I liked it, though.

The energy. The history. The architecture. Even the crowds.

But I was lonely. Even working again, I felt so damn alone.

Mario was always around. Not in the penthouse. But downstairs if I needed something. Today, he escorted me to and from the Manhattan location for St. E’s. Afterwards, he informed me that would be the way of things.

So, I didn’t need any of those bus routes I’d printed.

That was twenty minutes of my life I wasn’t getting back. Oh well.

Chewing my lip, I thought about the glass of white wine I was going to pour when I got home and sighed.

Almost there. Just as soon as traffic clears.