Chapter 61

• Danielle didn’t remember walking out of the Sterling manor.
• One moment she was inside, her hands trembling as she shut the door behind her; the next, she was out on the long driveway, the cool wind slapping against her tear-streaked cheeks.
• Everything blurred — the manicured hedges, the fountain at the entrance, the quiet hum of the city beyond the gates. Her heart thundered in her chest, louder than the traffic, louder than the world.