“So, I don’t understand; how did you come to be here? Do you know Ryder’s new friends?”

“Yes, of course, come on upstairs and have a rest, I bet you have a million questions, and we didn’t get to talk a lot the last time we met.” I felt very calm in her presence, almost like you’d expect to feel after a long day spent at the spa being pampered.

When she led me up the grand staircase to the largest master suite I’d ever seen, which seemed to be the only room in ...