When they reached the house, Amelia was agitated. “I need to go for a drive.”

“You can take the driver and go.”

She shook her head. “I want to go by myself.”

Alex didn’t like that idea at all, but he figured Amelia wasn’t going to listen to him. “Please?”

She sighed. “I need some time to think some things through.”

“He’ll take you anywhere you want. He’ll stay in the car and not bother you.”

She put her hands on her hips, ...