◆◆◆ Chapter 20 ◆◆◆
~ Niklaus Henderson ~
Marcus left just after nine — briefcase in hand, quiet assurance that the paperwork was already in motion. Less than an hour later my phone buzzed on the study desk.
Martha arrested.
Charged with harassment, stalking by proxy, and dissemination of private images without consent. The photographs sent to Kris had been traced back to Martha’s name. Security footage from the library and Kris’s apartment building sealed it. Bail denied pending hearing — Martha was spending the night in county lockup.
I exhaled—long, slow, the knot in my chest loosening.
I walked back upstairs to my bedroom where Kris sat on the edge of the sofa — knees pressed together, hands clasped so tightly her knuckles were white. She looked small against the vast glass wall b
