Chapter 136

Vera

The message glows on my phone:

Vera. I know you have no reason to respond to this. I’m asking anyway. Helen Hayes contacted me three weeks ago. You need to know what she’s planning. Pierce.

Pierce Langdon.

My ex-husband.

A name I haven’t seen in my messages for over two years. He only lives in the “before” category now, the things survived, not the things I still carry.

But there it is, glari