Chapter 261 Black Roses Aren't Natural

• Austin found Willem by chance on the main terrace, smoking.
• When he left Marybeth, a smoke break wasn't part of his plans, and now that he'd stopped for a cigarette, he wondered if he'd made a mistake. Willem looked like a man with a lot on his mind. And as experience had taught him, men like Willem, who carried the world on their shoulders, were hard to ignore.
• "You've been avoiding me," Willem said, watching him retrieve a flat, stainless steel box from his breast pocket.