Odette resigned from her public-relations role not long after.

She didn’t seek Lenore out to apologize, and she didn’t try to become an ally.

She sent only a brief message admitting that Crispin had lied to her about the state of his marriage, and that she had accepted too many explanations because they suited her too.

Lenore didn’t reply.

Margery, though, wrote several times.

First about the family.