Chapter 8: The Compromise
Celeste suddenly stepped forward, her hand gentle on my arm, gaining my attention as I turned to look at her.
"Maybe Dmitri could pick her up," she suggested softly. "Take her to a hotel. Make sure she's settled comfortably."
I looked at my wife – my wife, not my business partner, not the mother of my children for convenience, but my wife – and felt something warm up in my chest at her kindness.
Even when this woman was clearly being hostile toward her, Celeste was thinking of her.
"Good idea," I said, covering her hand with mine as I nodded my head before speaking to Sophia.
"Dmitri will pick you up, Sophia. He'll take you to the Grandview Hotel. It's a nice place. You can stay there."
"The hotel?" Sophia's voice was rising, sounding hysterical as she co
