Zeroed Out
I stood bathed in light on the other side of those doors, while Jasper and Nancy remained trapped inside, where they would live with their regret forever.
I wrapped up the last of my business and caught a flight back overseas that same night. A new life was waiting for me, and I was ready to meet it.
I was holding Adam by the floor-to-ceiling windows, letting him soak in the afternoon sun, when my phone buzzed. My assistant from back home, Piper James, sounded panicked.
"Ms. Warner, Mr. Wynn has been in a car accident. His mother is also in the hospital with a serious illness. Would you like to go see them?"