The banquet came to an end, leaving behind only the fading echoes of laughter and clinking glasses.
Afterward, Matthew Powell drove Billy Lacy and Sydney Katic Lacy home first. He had originally intended to leave the car with them for Billy to use the following day—after all, he had promised them earlier, and he genuinely meant it.
But Sydney didn’t believe a single word.
“Leave it here? And what, let you start charging us rent for using it?” she snapped the moment they got out.
“Useless thing. Look at our Sarah Lacy—so capable she even caught Brendon Brooks’s attention and was handpicked to oversee a project. And then look at you. Other than dragging her down, what do you contribute?”
“If you were even slightly man enough, you’d divorce her. Take the kid with you. She’d be free to ma
