Karl smirked, his tone dripping with mockery. "What’s this about Nora? All I know is you’ve got me dragged down here, feeling..."

God, he was disgusting. The smugness in his voice made my skin crawl. But his cluelessness? That told me he had no idea where Nora was.

If it wasn’t him, then who?

Miles?

Same garbage, different wrapper. If Karl wasn’t the one pulling the strings, it had to be Miles.

I leaned into ...