His Perfect Mistake
The papers had slipped between the cushions of the reading chair, and she'd spent fifteen minutes looking for them.
She found them eventually. She also found herself wandering toward Richard's private study without meaning to.
The door was slightly ajar. Light spilled through the crack, warm and golden against the dark hallway. Bianca had intended to turn around, to head back toward the guest wing, to mind her own business.
Then she saw Victoria sitting alone by the window. She was holding something in her hands. An old photograph, framed in silver, the edges worn with age. Victoria's fingers traced the glass, moving slowly, like she was memorizing something she'd already memorized a hundred