**Amara's POV**Adrian went to Manhattan on Thursday.Not unexpectedly.He had told me Tuesday evening.The board needed him in person for the Sterling merger final review and there were things that required his physical presence at Wolfe Tower that a laptop and a phone from a Philadelphia sofa could not provide.He told me at nine PM.After Noah was asleep.In the living room.On the sofa.The specific quality of someone who had promised to tell me everything before it happened and was keeping that promise."Thursday morning," he said. "Back Friday afternoon. Before the school run if the traffic cooperates.""Okay," I said."I'll call," he said."I know," I said.He looked at me."You're not worried," he said.I thought about that.About whether I was worried."No," I said."Why not?" he said.I looked at the rock collection on the shelf.At the drawing on the low table.At the living room that had become what it had become."Because you said you'd be back before the school run if th
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