~Isabel~
I stared out the window while the car rolled along, my mind playing the whole day back like a movie.
Breakfast sandwiches he’d handed me, that real laugh I’d never seen before, and finally the quiet man sitting right up front keeping me safe.
William was a puzzle. A huge stone fortress with walls ten feet thick, but every now and then a tiny window cracked open and let a little light through.
When the SUV pulled up, the mansion stood tall and quiet under the moon, glowing silver and looking exactly as imposing as ever.
"Goodnight, Miss Mayfield," the bodyguard said, just as calm and steady as when we left.
"Thank you," I said, and I meant it. "For everything."
I hurried inside expecting to find William in the study or maybe raiding the kitchen for a late snack. But the hou
