Chapter 17
Miya brushed her teeth for the second time but that didn’t make the taste of lead in her mouth disappear.
Until today she’d never lied.
And she’d never been so afraid to go after what she wanted.
As she stared in the mirror, she saw a person she didn’t like. She was weak.
And she needed to fix this. Fast and now.
But as the moon shone in her window, she also remembered a second promise … to not knock on his door in the middle of the night.
She pulled her lounge pants on and zipped her yellow jacket, as the night was cooler than the day, and headed out.
Tomorrow she would set the record straight. Before breakfast.
Tonight she … needed to figure out how to sleep. And a walk through this huge villa might help.
The room next to hers had a Renaissance painting of a young, g
