Chapter 30 A Taste Of Warmth

• RValerie stepped out into the cool morning air, her breath visible in the soft light of dawn. She had waited until Armani’s car had disappeared down the quiet street.
• The mansion behind her, her home, her safe space that had once been brimming with luxury, now loomed like a ghost from her past.
• Every step away from that place filled her with a strange feeling of relief and immense sadness. She had lost, she thought.