It turned out I was wrong. I thought I was going to have to face Marek. It sent a rush of uncertainty through me every time I thought of it. But I would take a deep breath, and I knew we needed to face it. We needed to talk about it. Not ignore each other completely.

Marek went the extra mile, though. Not only did he ignore me, but he wasn’t around at all. I got up on Tuesday to an empty penthouse. Zann was sitting out front of the vault door on his phone, according to the camera. Marek had ...