Penelope leaned back against the cool leather seat of the cab, her mind buzzing with the events of the morning.
First was the visit with her soon-to-be stepmother, followed by Susan's call, and then her visit to Carlton's office. She couldn't shake the feeling that everything was moving too fast.
The cityscape blurred past her window as she lost herself in thoughts, her fingers absentmindedly tracing the edges of her phone. Now that she had agreed to work with Carlton and had secured the interview with him, she needed to find an apartment—a safe place where she and the girls could stay away from Carlton's reach.
The thought of Carlton, Geoffrey's cousin, finding out he was the girls' father, and everyone else getting to know about it too, sent a shiver down her spine.
She couldn't let
