All Chapters of Buried Beneath Sin: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

“Fittings next week,” Elodie said. “We’ll rush the work. Don’t worry about…anything.” Sasha didn’t have the energy to explain that anything was currently a ship listing under the weight of metaphor. She nodded. “Thank you.” They stepped out of the salon into the mall’s bright air. Vince, who had

The DeLuca estate did not do fireworks anymore. Not after the time a Roman candle tipped and scorched a cypress that had belonged to Sasha’s grandmother. Lenny joked that the city fire chief was on his payroll because of that night, which was the kind of joke that made men laugh and women look for e

They circled. The room circled with them. Sasha felt observed and ornamental and very tired. She pictured the fountain beyond the open terrace doors, the way its arc broke and returned and broke again. The idea of water doing its job without being asked to behave appealed to her in that moment more

The Maretti estate had been built like a fortress, but it looked like a palace. Marble floors polished until they reflected the chandeliers, tall windows framed by drapes the color of old blood, walls lined with gilt-framed portraits of ancestors who’d once carved their empires from the same city st

Lenny delivered the suggestion like a verdict with a velvet edge. “Move into the Marino estate,” he said over coffee, as if he were proposing a new florist. “Build trust. Let their people see you as one of them. It makes the marriage smoother. It makes the city calmer.” Sasha ran a thumb around