The next morning, Mikhail's bandage was still visible under the cuff of his shirt. I noticed. I did not comment. He noticed me noticing. He did not comment either. That was probably the healthiest interaction we'd had since getting married. We sat at the ba

The creditor's conference room had no flowers. I noticed because I had spent the last year delivering arrangements to places exactly like it. Glass table. Gray carpet. Water nobody drank. People who called panic a "risk profile." My attorney sat on my right. Mikh

The alarm on my phone went off at 9:17 p.m. Not my house alarm. Moretti Blooms. I was in the library at the Orlov estate, halfway through tomorrow's supplier schedule. Mikhail was across the room on a call. The notification flashed red. REAR ENTRY — FORCED ACCESS. I st