“What’s wrong?” herpanion asked, waving a hand in front of her face.


    She pushed his hand away and shook her head. Looking again, she saw no sign of Shera.


    “It’s nothing. I must have been seeing things.”


    Shera couldn’t be here. It was inconceivable.


    Resting her head on the counter, Rhea fished out her car keys from her handbag.


    “My headache is unbearable. Bring the car around,” she told herpanion, who promptly left to do


    her bidding.


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    As soon as he was gone, Rhea fell asleep.


    In a shadowy booth, a young woman slowly lifted her head. She looked pale, almost sickly, and she


    wore an oddly out-of-ce white bucket hat.


    She red at Rhea with a look of pure disdain before smirking at one of the two men sitting beside her.


    “Mr. Ruiz, now’s your chance. Enjoy yourself.”


    “Ha ha.”


    The corpulent man stood up and lookedsciviously at Rhea’s unconscious form. Feeling his body


    temperature rise, he made his way to the bar counter, picked up the sleeping Rhea, and headed for the


    elevator.


    He’d already reserved a room upstairs.


    Back in the booth, Ryan picked up a ss of wine, swirled it around, and turned to the young woman.


    “I thought when you returned you’d inform Marcus about the years of torment you’ve endured.”


    The woman touched her chilly wrist where blue veins were visibly raised.


    “ALL the suffering I’ve endured can be credited to my sister. I owe her a ‘gift.''”


    It was unthinkable that Rhea had manipted a car ident as part of a cruel scheme just to snatch


    that man from her sister. After proiming to the world that her sister died in the crash, Rhea sent her


    dying sister abroad, confining her in a freezing, pitch-ck basement.


    “So, what’s our next move?” she asked while swirling her ss of fruit wine.


    Ryan slid an envelope across the table.


    “What’s this?”


    Taking the envelope, she examined the photographs inside. They were pictures of Millie.


    “She’s Marcus’s wife. You should know about her.”


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    Her lips tightened. Millie in the photos looked radiant, her features soft and her skin glowing, a stark


    contrast to her own sun-deprived, paleplexion.