Chapter 357

• ‘I’m sorry?’
• "You should be, Cassia." It’s time to start atoning for what you did seven years ago. I bet you never thought it would catch up with you. I have to admit, I hadn’t planned on doing anything, and and I was quite happy to settle for never crossing your path again, but bumping into you the other night, together with a slightly awkward feeling, thing, I was quite happy to settle for never crossing your path again, but bumping into you the other night, together with a slightly…’ His mouth twisted as he looked for words. "This unfortunate set of circumstances that I’m in has all been very fortuitous."
• A nightmare. She had to be stuck in some kind of nightmare. This couldn’t be real. Cassia’s mind was disengaged from everything. She looked around dumbly and could see couples dining. Lovers holding hands Men having business dinners They looked real. And then everything seemed to rush back into focus. Someone was calling her name.