I looked up to see the girls were both out, and Zane and I smiled at each other before we crept out of their room. Zane nodded before heading to his bedroom, but I stopped at the large window overlooking the grounds. About a quarter-mile away was the square already decorated for the memorial, its pa
Zane POVThere were no members of the press at the Erinose summer place “social” after the long day’s memorial services. How callous we would all look downing drinks and laughing after what we’d been through, but the day’s toll was precisely why we all needed this downtime. We were all exhausted and
“Just ask the girls, and you’ll see them twenty times in a row,” Sarah said with a mock-weary tone, and we laughed as a human waiter passed by. Sarah turned to stop him, which he did with a smile, and exchanged her old martini glass for a new one.Melissa caught her eyes in a challenge and stopped a
Sarah POVFilming my seventh episode of Let’s Talk! was remarkably easier than filming the first, but it was still a chore, and that was with a paid film crew. I couldn’t imagine the pain the whole thing must be for people who did it all themselves.Lainey and I had sat down together the day before
Zane POVI could feel Sarah backing away from me. It wasn’t complicated. She was pushing Melissa at me and pulling away.All I needed to figure out was why.I knew it was a little desperate, but I arranged for us to take another picnic at the park.It was a little chilly, but the sun was bright and
Sarah POV“A pattern?” I asked.Agent Travis nodded and then looked over to Zane, who nodded in understanding. We were sitting in Zane’s study, with Zane behind the desk and Travis and I in the large chairs before the desk. Travis’s report was spread out on the desk so we could all see it.“Yes, the
“I have to be able to live my life, Zane, and that means not staying inside the villa 24/7. I can promise you I’ll be as careful as possible, but we have no way of knowing what these people want.”“I suggest we use this meeting to employ a new tool,” Wetmore said from the couch, a tablet open in her
Zane POVAfter Travis and Wetmore left, I wanted to demand to see all of Scott’s emails, though I didn’t. They were Sarah’s property.Fortunately, I didn’t even have to ask. She retrieved her laptop and showed them to me. I noticed right away she hadn’t answered a single one of them.Reading the wor