Still, I wanted to stand on my own feet. I planned to give Blackridge Works two months’ notice, then offer them service through my company if they still wanted my skill. Money was a serious issue for Sienna, and I understood that better than she thought. She deserved good things. She deserved a life that did not make her feel like she had fallen into a pit and landed beside a man who had nothing to give her but apologies.
If she could work outside, she would have. I knew she had applied everywhere she could, and I knew they had turned her down because of scandal, pack politics and fear of offending the Hales. So I would create something where no one could turn her away.
When I got to the construction site, I went straight to my boss’s makeshift office. It was more of a temporary wooden r
