“Look…Vladimir and I recently moved out of the city. Yes, we bought a house. It’s not as big as the estate, but it’s large. I really love it. We plan on moving in next week. We hadn’t closed on it the last time we talked.”

Marek called it. She was diverting attention to a different subject. The women sitting downstairs also knew what she was doing. A couple shook their heads, and Kamilia outright scoffed.

“You bitch, we mean the pregnancy!”

Bronya paled over the line, and she ...