Left in the Blizzard: My Twin Stole My Husband, I Rule the City novel · Chapter 18 of 32

Chapter 18: Thaw

Marit saw me looking at her phone.

She looked at it too.

She didn't grab it.

She just sat there with her hands under her belly while the timer turned over to twenty-four minutes.

"She told me to leave it on," she said. "So she'd know you came alone."

"And the rest of it?"

"I forgot it was there." Her voice was flat now, all cried out. "I forgot. For about five minutes, I forgot."

The chief of staff stopped in front of the bench.

"Ms. Sandvik," he said pleasantly. "The mayor asked me to tell you the offer stands until Friday."

"The mayor heard my answer."

"She heard a great deal." He turned to my sister. "Marit. The car's warm."

Marit stood up.

I caught her wrist.

"You don't have to get in that car."

"Yes, I do." She looked down at my hand on her wrist, my left on her right. "I don't have anywhere else to be, Signe. I don't have a key to anywhere she doesn't."

"You have mine."

Her face did something, fast.

Then the chief of staff put his hand under her elbow, politely.

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