Chapter 52 Don't You Dare

• Sera— Two weeks later
• Two weeks flew by in a blur of calls, meetings, and questions of what options I'll prefer for different items. Planning for dozens of children was more work than I'd imagined.Adrik has been in Switzerland for business—something about offshore accounts and “a man who needs to disappear quietly.”
• I missed him so much it left a strange ache in my chest, constant and dull. It's been twelve days without him. Waking up to an empty bed was depressing, but the only comfort was that Adrik and I talked every day.