“Taxes.”

“Trust me.”

This time I smiled.

“Okay.”

Douglas kissed my forehead.

When he left, I looked directly at the closed door.

And for the first time, I saw the person I had depended on for seven years not as the man who had saved me.

But as the person who had benefited most from my inability to see past him.

PART 3 — THE PAPERS ON THE TABLE

The next morning, Douglas wore a navy suit.