of that suffocating silence. He stared at the pizza, suddenly having no appetite.
“Your career is going well?” she asked.
“It is. The work is challenging and fulfilling.”
She stood. “Thank you for the pizza.”
He watched as she carried her napkin and cola can to the trash. She stood at the sink and stared out the window.
The urge to demand how she could have married a man like Harrison Armone burned on his tongue, but he swallowed it back.
“I think maybe they should send someone else.”
Her words surprised him. Flustered him. He stood, the legs of his chair scraping across the wood floor. “Why? I see no reason we can’t put the past behind us.”
She turned to face him but stayed right where she was, her fingers gripping the edge of the countertop as if she feared gravity would fail her. “If he finds me, he will kill me. If you’re in the way, he’ll kill you, too.”
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