SIXTY TWO

I sat in the car, processing all of my thoughts one after the other. When I noticed everything was washing down on me, I paused, trying to catch my breath because it was a lot.

“Scarlett—” Seth called my name but was interrupted by my phone ringing. I was willing to hang on and listen to him, but Seth had quickly gone silent.

“Hello,” I said to Brianna, who was on the phone. “How are you?”

“I am fine, but that is not important, friend. I have got news,” Brianna said, sounding super excited, as if I knew what it was about. I smiled, my eyes rolling at my chances of being correct that this was clearly about Patricia’s return.

“Go on,”

“Patricia Levine is back!” Brianna announced it with a squeal, and I said it! “That’s not all; I also heard she got divorced from that leech of a husband she was married to, and well, he tried to divorce her to take a large part of her wealth, but her lawyers had a stronger case, and then she won. This is your chance to reach out to her now that her influe