The Billionaire’s Last Clause
"Next Friday. She's completed her full sentence with good behavior, undergone extensive therapy, and has a job and housing lined up in Oregon. There's a permanent restraining order preventing any contact with you or your family."
I thank her mechanically and hang up, then sit staring at my desk while my heart pounds and old fears resurface. Lydia Crane, who stalked us, who terrorized Amelia, who tried to destroy what we were building.
I find Amelia in the kitchen making snacks for the kids' after-school pickup, and when I tell her, she goes very still, the knife in her hand pausing over the apple she's slicing.
"She's being released," I repeat. "Friday."
Amelia sets down the knife and turns