It worked.

Nathan called seventeen times.

I answered none of them, and deleted the message he finally sent, the one that said only that he knew he deserved nothing and just wanted to know that I was all right.

Chapter 14 — Renata

As we traced Blackwood’s shell companies, Sabrina — facing charges that could bury her — decided to cooperate.

She confessed that a woman had fed her everything: my pregnancy, my schedule, my medical appointments, the exact shape of Nathan’s emotional weaknesses.

“Who?” Olivia asked her.