After dealing with Lorraine's family, Kael vanished completely from everyone's sight. His friends could not find him, and his own family had no way to reach him. It was as if he had simply evaporated off the face of the earth.
One month later, when he reappeared, it was inside that small, shabby rental apartment they had once shared. He bought the place, scarcely more than two hundred square feet, from the landlord at an absurdly high price.
He threw away all his tailored designer suits and luxury watches. Then, from the sealed evidence bag held by the police, he retrieved the jacket she had bought for him.
That $199 collaboration piece, still faintly tainted with the stench of decay. He sent it to the most specialized cleaning service again and again, until not a trace of that horrible
