Simone’s POV:
Dean called me the morning Celeste’s arrest hit the news.
I was at my kitchen counter with coffee I had not touched yet, watching the story play out on my phone, and his name came up on the screen and I answered before the second ring because that was what I did now apparently.
“Are you watching?” he said.
“Yes,” I said.
“Are you okay?”
I thought about Celeste. The woman I had seen in and out of Anastasia’s firm for months, sharp and silver haired and so completely certain of herself that I had never once thought to question it. I thought about Ana working down the hall from her for a week thinking everything was over.
“I’m fine,” I said. “Ana?”
“She’s good,” he said. “Lucas is with her.”
“Of course he is,” I said.
A pause.
“Can I come over?” he said.
I looked at
