OPAL

I've been on the road for hours, and I've tried to use this time to calm myself before meeting with Gwen. I have to be calm when we finally talk. I'm aware of each ticking minute and I can't waste time being sentimental about the lies my family told me my whole life.

I have to be practical and figure out what I'll do to extract myself from this situation.

She's not in her place in the city, so my only assumption is that she's at the lake house. It's a three-hour drive from the city. I ...