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Chapter 129
By morning the kitchen of the townhouse was filled with the smell of fresh coffee and toasted bread, with the slightly burnt smell of fried eggs lingering in the air. The kitchen in short smelled like a culinary heaven.Sunlight slipped through the tall windows in slants of gold, turning the wooden table almost golden, like it was some sort of magical artifact. Rhea stood at the counter in her simple maid uniform, pouring Nathan's favorite coffee into two mugs with careful, deliberate movements. Just the way Nathan liked it. Her hands were trembling ever so slightly. She had barely slept the night before over the dream he had.Nathan came downstairs a few minutes later, while he was still in his pajamas. His hair was messy and seemed a bit dusty. His eyes were heavy from another night of fractured rest. He paused in the doorway when he saw her coming in his way with the jars of coffee in her hands.“Morning, Rhea” he said quietly.Rhea turned to him, offering him a small, uncertain
Chapter 128
It was well past midnight when Rhea woke up gasping for air like she had just broken out of a deep sea prison. .The townhouse was silent, all except for the distant hum of the city and the faint ticking of the grandfather clock downstairs. She sat up in the maid’s room on the third floor—a huge room that shouldn't even be called a maid's room. Her heart pounding, while her hands folded around the the sheets that twisted around her legs. Sweat clung to her skin like some sort of glue. She had dreamed about it again.The same dream that had been haunting her since she woke up in the hospital after the kidnapping. She did not know what it meant, but she did not like it.In the dream she was back in the old textile mill, with chains around her wrists. She could hear her own brother, Don Cluster’s voice echoing off the concrete walls.“You betrayed me, little sister," he screeched into the shadows. "You literally chose him over blood.”Then came the gunshots causing sound ripples in the
Chapter 127
Nathan had just reached the valet stand outside Le Bernardin, Gene’s hand was still lightly resting in his as they walked. She felt strangely protected as he gently pulled her with him. The night air was cool against his skin, even as he felt himself tensed up by the encounter. The city lights reflected off the wet pavement. It seemed as though there had been an earlier drizzle. He was already mentally halfway in his home. He was tired, and longed for nothing but to drop into the couch in his living room. But he still felt strangely peaceful after the quiet dinner with Gene. The ache in his shoulder was a dull throb now. It was manageable with the painkillers, but the weight of the past few weeks still sat heavy in his chest.He signaled the valet for the Maybach, ready to leave the evening behind. But behind him, a voice cut through the low hum of traffic and distant chatter of people in the background.“Rhodes.”Nathan stopped, frozen on his tracks.He recognized the tone instant
Chapter 126
A few days past Matthew Steel’s funeral, Nathan finally decided to kept the last promise he had made to the seven beautiful women. He was going to get it over with the seven. He picked up the phone and called Gene. She picked as soon as he called, which Nathan deemed very surprising. The conversation was short.“Good day, Gene. I just remembered that I owe you a date,” he said quietly. “I want us to go out as soon as possible."Gene’s voice on the other end was soft, and surprised, but warm. “You don’t owe me anything, Nathan," she said. "But… I would like that. Whenever you’re ready."They agreed on that same evening. Nathan chose a fancy restaurant named Le Bernardin, which was basically one of the most exclusive restaurants in the city, perched on the edge of Midtown with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the Hudson river. The place was quiet, elegant, and lit by soft candlelight and the glow of the river at dusk.There were no paparazzi allowed inside. No phones at the ta
Chapter 125
The holding facility in upstate New York was cold and gray. It looked like the kind of place built to strip people of dignity long before their trials even began, and long before there would be any chance for them to argue with the law.Nathan arrived alone. There were no security guards, or entourage. It was just him in a dark coat, his shoulder still stiff with the healing scar. The police had caught Icel Voss less than forty-eight hours after the murder, trying to board a bus in Pennsylvania with a fake ID and a duffel bag full of cash. She hadn’t even made it out of the Northeast.They brought her to an interview room with a thick glass partition. Nathan sat on one side, while Icel was led in on the other. She was handcuffed, with an orange jumpsuit hanging loosely on her frame, her hair unwashed and pulled back in a messy knot. Her once-perfect face looked hollow, with red eyes and a sunken face.She sat down with her eyes gardened, glaring at him through the glass like she h
Chapter 124
Some hours before Icel had boarded the train, Nathan was in his townhouse study, still thinking deeply about Matthew's death when the the phone rang and shattered his thoughts into a million broken pieces, in the quiet. He turned to look at the phone and saw that It was Detective Ramirez from the NYPD homicide task force, the same officer who had been assigned to Matthew Steel’s murder case.“Mr. Rhodes,” Ramirez said, his voice sounding clipped and urgent. “We just found out something. One of the camera line that wasn’t cut by the murderer. We suspect tagged they must have left it intacked by mistake. It’s grainy, but we have some movement in it.. it captured the movement of someone entering the penthouse approximately twenty minutes before the shots were fired. We need you to come take a look and possibly identity the suspect in it."Nathan was already standing up. Prepared, he said, “I’m on my way.”He hung up and called David Brune. The man picked on the first ring. "Hi there. W
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