Chapter 5
Markus Blackthorn’s penthouse
Thursday, October 2, 2014
6:30 a.m.
Markus pulled on his shorts and tennis shoes and left his bedroom for his work-out room before the sun came up, hitting the treadmill with a vengeance.
He’d slept fitfully; his altercation with Nicola and his interview with Hannah running loops in his mind. When was the last time a woman had him turned on the instant she walked into a room?
He knew the answer to it was: Never.
Hannah had always been a surprisingly quiet teenager: shy, intense, thoughtful. She tried to blend in by not drawing attention to herself when he was home on the weekends, and for a few years, he had not paid much attention to the pretty girl. Until one of his friends pointed out that she was a beauty and suggested he asked her to thei
