Chapter 271

[Delilah]

The entertainment news station has Atlas and Cordelia's break-up playing in an almost continuous loop. They were prepared for this. They were even hoping for it.

"Go ahead and use my name," I offered. "My father already assumes and it will help with the plan."

And yet, even so, I flinch every time she says "Delilah" with so much venom. That bitter, vengeful harpy of a woman is not the Cordelia Steele I've come to know over the last couple of weeks.

Patiently I wait for my phone to ring. I expect he'll call any moment now.

If someone had told me two weeks ago that everything would change that night, I'd When I got on my bicycle two weeks ago, heading out for a last-minute delivery to a wedding, I never thought it would be a pivotal moment in my life.

But it was. Nothing was the same.

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[Two weeks ago]

After spending the evening speaking with Stephen Greyson I learned about Angelica and Sydney. Looking at their photos felt surr