Chapter 84: The talk

Serena took one long look at Marcella standing in the doorway.

The older woman looked fragile in the dim light—shoulders hunched, eyes a bit too glassy. But there was something else, something heavy in the air, that Serena instinctively understood. This wasn’t her place.

She turned to Dominic, offering him a soft look before she spoke. "I’ll give you two a moment."

Dominic glanced at her, eyes un