Too late, Ex. NOW WATCH ME RISE
“I’ll get it, Mrs. Reynolds. Go ahead and finish up in the kitchen.”
He walked down the long foyer and opened the heavy front door, expecting to see a courier from the office or a security guard with a nightly report. Instead, Vanessa Clarke stood on the porch. She was wearing a trench coat over a casual silk dress, a bottle of expensive red wine clutched in her hand, her expression an anxious mix of desperation and forced cheerfulness.
“Nathaniel, darling,” Vanessa said, stepping past him into the house before he could say a word. “I couldn't stay in that apartment for another night without seeing you. You haven't answered my calls since the gallery incident, and I was getting worried sick