The Hidden Heiress: Married to My Ex's Brother novel · Chapter 19 of 32

Chapter 19: The Vote

I didn't sleep much.

At seven I opened my apartment door to go get coffee and nearly stepped on a small white box.

No ribbon. No card on top.

Inside, on a folded square of tissue, lay my mother's pearl studs.

I'd left them on the dresser in the white room on Queen Anne.

Under them was a note in heavy black handwriting.

You left these. You'll want them today. R.

I stood in the hallway in my socks and put them on.

I wore my uniform.

Navy jacket. Four gold stripes. Captain's cap under my arm.

Dina met me in the lobby of the Conway building on the waterfront in her best black blazer and her reddest lipstick.

She took one look at me and her eyes filled up.

"Don't," I said.

"I'm not." She dabbed under her eyes with one ring-covered finger. "It's allergies. To justice."

"You can't post anything until I come out."

"I know."

"Dina."

"I know! I'm going to sit right here and write the best thing I've ever written and not press the button." She squeezed my hand. "Go kill a condo."

The boardroom had glass walls and a long walnut table and a view of the whole bay.

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