Chapter 76

[MADDOX]

“I know I’ve been giving you crap recently, but really, are you sure about this?” Jade asked as we sat in my home office, going through some leads regarding Richard Milton that had recently popped up.

It had already been two weeks since they discharged mom from the hospital, and we brought her home. Nathan and Nadine had been constantly chewing my ear off about Zara and why she wasn’t part of the small gathering we had to welcome mom home. Mom had asked about her, too. I told them she had some personal things to take care of. The truth was, I hadn’t seen her since that night when I handed her those papers to put an end to our contract. I still had no answer from her. She just left without a word.

Or a goodbye.

Was I sure about letting Zara go?

Absolutely not.

But it was the right thing to do. Even if every cell in my body was kicking my ass to go back to her and shred those papers away, I couldn’t persuade my legs to move. Other than mom and Nathan, I had only allowed two mor