Chapter 161 The Bathroom Floor

• Riley's POV
• The second call came on a Thursday. I was in the middle of a foundation meeting — the new Brooklyn location, the contractor's revised timeline, a budget line I'd been arguing back for three weeks when the phone buzzed in my pocket. I felt the vibration once, twice, and ignored it until the meeting was over and I was back in my office with a cold cup of tea and an inbox that had not improved while I was gone.
• Mom. Missed call. 10:47 AM.