She Was Sitting In My Front-Row Seat Holding My Novel — Smiling Like She Had Stolen My Life

of Graham’s handwritten notes for “The Evelyn Concern Strategy.”

That was what he had called it.

Not theft.

Not isolation.

Not abuse.

Strategy.

She lost sponsors.

She lost the literary advisory position she had prized.

She sold her apartment to cover legal fees and tax exposure from C.V. Cultural Holdings.

The first time she came to Orchard House to sign her continue reading …