Lila's heart plummeted into a bottomless abyss.
The biting snowflakes landing on her face finally whipped her out of her stupor. She snapped her head toward Robin, her voice dropping into a lethal, dangerous whisper. "Did Adrian put you up to this scheme? Do you have any idea what I do to people who lie to my face?"
Robin's face was as ash-gray as the dead. Clutched tightly against his chest was the monochrome portrait, and he slammed his forehead heavily onto the frozen stone. "I swear on my life, Miss Sterling... I am not lying. Mr. Sheldon... he is truly gone."
Lila gritted her teeth, a dark storm raging behind her eyes. Turning on her heel, she strode directly toward the heavy, sealed casket sitting in the center of the yard.
The undertakers holding the sealing tools stood paralyze
