ELLA

After I foolishly accepted to be her best lady, I am pretty sure there is no other bottom to this rock bottom. Saying yes meant that I had sworn off Harris, and this day never happened.

The kiss, our talk, his hesitation, everything I’d rather hold onto, everything that means the world to me, never happened.

The Fords’ mansion. Better still, my prison looms ahead. I step out of the cab and enter—not without being vetted by security, obviously, like I am smuggling ...