Chapter 154

Evelina

Sunday evening brought the kind of rain that New Yorkers both love and hate—the dramatic downpour that transforms the city into something straight out of a noir film—beautiful from behind glass but miserable to navigate.

I stood under the awning of my apartment building, watching sheets of water cascade from the sky.

"Gonna be a while, miss," my doorman said, eyeing the deluge. "Weather ap