My Ex Heard One Name at the Airport and Started Running

that family firms survive only as long as people fear the matriarch.

Interesting theory.

Because Beatriz wasn’t looking at me.

She was looking at Adrian like she’d never seen him before.

“How much?” she said.

No greeting.

No scene.

Just that.

Adrian went pale.

“Mother, not here.”

“How much did you take?”

Terminal noise swallowed the rest for a second. Wheels.continue reading …