Chapter 70

• PENELOPE
• Ryuji’s house looked like it was made for a scene for a high-budget period drama. The kind that starts with a sword fight and ends with a quiet funeral.
• It was a wide traditional compound that had shoji doors, wooden frames, soft warm lighting and lanterns hanging in delicate clusters from the ceiling beams. But there were also sleek cars in the driveway and a security system that looked like it could launch a rocket. Japanese. But not.