"My terror overmastered my good will, Which made me greedy of embracing them."
Dante, The Inferno
Clara greeted me at the reception desk, her lovely accent soothing me. She hugged me but said nothing about anything that had happened. Clara opened her desk and handed me the keys. I asked her for the exact address, and she looked at me with some surprise. I explained, "Colin arranged to buy it for me, but I've never actually seen it." Clara patted my hand and assured me, "Emmie has shown me the photos of her work on the apartment. You're going to love it there." I thanked her as she handed me a slip of paper with the address on it.
I was turning to leave as Colin came out of his office with another man with jet-black hair, dark eyes, and who was handsome in an exotic way. "Paige, were you
