He answered on the second ring.
No greeting. Just silence on the other end that told me he was there and listening.
"It is Lena," I said.
"I know," he said.
Of course he knew. He had my number. He probably knew more than my number. I was beginning to understand that Ethan Kingston was not the kind of man who left gaps in his information.
"Marcus confirmed it," I said. "All of it. The land. His father. The reason we met."
Ethan said nothing for a moment.
"Did he tell you anything new," he said.
"He said his father is already moving. That he has lawyers preparing something. He said it would happen fast now that the marriage is ending."
"He is right about that," Ethan said. "Daniel does not wait when he sees an opportunity closing."
I looked through my windshield at the front door o
