Emily was momentarily stunned but then chuckled softly. "Mr. Thomas, you shouldn’t need to ask me about this. If you, as her ex-husband, don’t know where she is, how would I, as her friend, know?"

Ethan’s face was chiseled and serious, then, it darkened further as he spoke, "Miss Conner, I’m not joking."

Emily’s heart tightened. Her eyes fixed on him, and her red lips parted slightly as she murmured, "Perhaps, she’s dead."

Her voice was ethereal and ...