Maybe Mark was worried that Faye would get in the way, because the very next day, he bought her a bus ticket and sent her off to the station.

With that toxic woman out of the apartment, the air felt noticeably lighter.

I poured myself a glass of warm milk, slipped on my headphones, and opened the app Vivien had me download to monitor the device Nathan had hidden in Mark’s car.

The conversation between Mark and Faye was… enlightening, to say the ...