Eleanor Vance stood at the far end of the room with one hand resting on the back of a chair.
Martin Hale sat beside me, his shoulders rounded beneath the weight of everything he had carried alone.
Andrew remained near the table, still holding the letter that had changed the shape of our marriage.
Victor had written that Ruth once proposed removing me from the Ellisons permanently.
Ruth’s plan was financial and social.
She wanted Andrew to separate from me, transfer control of the business, and arrange matters so I
