Bury the past

Their lawyer thought it was a terrific plan. It's too good to be true. He spent about an hour purring through the contract and then another hour going over it all over again, then he said, “Let me get back to you on this.” And Rhys knew they were up to something.

No one made deals like that in this city—no sane businessman at least—and Rhys was still deciding if Jake was sane or not. Well, at least, he and Sophie had been having a good time these past few days while waiting for their lawyer.

Sophie seemed to have forgotten all about her uncle and her aunt, or she just probably locked that part of her life away somewhere to be unlocked only when they got back. It suited Rhys just as much; he was trying to forget too, and all their outings were doing that.

He was happy, Sophie was happy, and that was that. If they knew what waited for them at home—for Sophie in particular—then they would have been a tad bit more anxious to return. But they had no idea, and maybe it was for the best