After their fight, Michel did not see Fanny again that night.

Instead, he focused on an emergency meeting he held at the office, filling out all the Black Roses members about the situation and planning to use Archibald's phone to contact Mr. Aiden.

When everyone had left, he went to the large living room and sat at the piano, running his fingers over the keys in the dark before hitting the opening notes of the gentle melody he had composed many years ago.

He needed to lose ...