Sebastian Vale noticed the maid because she was the only person in the ballroom who was not pretending to enjoy herself. Everyone else at the
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Dominic Vale was used to being watched. People watched him when he entered restaurants. They watched him when he stepped out of black cars. They
Carmen froze at the edge of the pool. For several seconds, she could not understand what she was seeing. Music played around the enormous backyard.
Alejandro’s fork stopped inches from his mouth. For a moment, the entire dining room seemed to freeze. The long table was covered with fine porcelain,
The first thing Javier Montenegro noticed was the boy’s shoes. They were too large for him. Old sneakers, torn near the toes, with laces that
Mateo Rivera had spent most of his adult life believing that people like him entered expensive restaurants through the kitchen. Never through the front doors.
Alexander Laurent had attended enough luxury parties to know that most people did not come to celebrate. They came to be seen celebrating. That distinction
Adrian Vale had spent more than two million dollars preparing a party he did not want to attend. The ballroom of his estate looked spectacular.
Ethan Cole had learned how quickly an ordinary evening could become complicated after becoming a single father. Before his son was born, dinner at a
Daniel Cross had been inside Stonebridge Correctional Facility for less than forty-eight hours when everyone began warning him about Marcus Kane. Some called Marcus the