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At seven the next morning, Adrian knocked on my bedroom door. “Clara, wake up. We have to be at the registry office by nine-thirty.” I was already…

The first court notice arrived less than forty-eight hours after we left the airport. Adrian had moved quickly. Of course he had. His lawyers requested emergency visitation,…

The little flames had almost gone out when I heard footsteps behind me. I didn’t turn around. I already knew who it was. Alejandro stopped several meters…

I placed the last bank statement into the folder and zipped it shut. Behind me, Ha Canh Hanh was still standing motionless at the bedroom door. He…

For several seconds, I stood staring at the closed elevator doors. Theo’s last expression remained stuck in my mind. “Something like that.” He hadn’t said we were…

“Let go of me.” Mateo didn’t move. His fingers remained clamped around my wrist, as though holding me tightly enough could erase the scene I had just…

Tran Tu Ngu was silent for a moment on the phone. Then she said: “First, stop wandering around like a homeless ghost.” I laughed. “I practically am…

“So…” My fingers went cold around the edge of the sofa. Serena had not yet entered our school. Had not appeared at our family gatherings. Had not…

Three days after arriving in London, I walked back into Vega Global. Nobody announced me. Nobody needed to. The moment the elevator doors opened onto the thirty-eighth…