Alexander Hale
Alexander turned slowly, his hand still wrapped around Elena’s.
Vivian stood in the doorway of his study, silk robe tied loosely at her waist, hair damp from a shower. Her eyes moved from Elena’s unconscious form slumped in the chair to Alexander’s hand gripping hers, then back to his face.
“What is going on here?”
Alexander let go of Elena’s hand and stood. “She had a fall. Minor injuries but she was in shock. I gave her something to calm her down.”
“So you’re holding her hand?” Vivian stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. “That’s quite the medical treatment, Alexander.”
He didn’t respond just continued with what he was doing. Vivian’s eyes went to the bottle of pills on his desk, then to the gauze wrapping Elena’s hands.
“I’ve been smelling her latel
