Lucien

Earlier that day

Lucien was at the breakfast table, bathed, and relaxed. He planned to go into the Club a little later. He wanted to spend time with his children and his Woman. These moments were so few and far in between. There were days when he barely saw the kids. When he came in late and could only look at their sleeping forms. Even as he ate, his phone pinged.

It was a message from Catalina. Damn the woman, he thought irritably.

She had been texting him ...