Chapter 71. A Fresh Start?

I was about to step out of the bedroom when my phone lit up, and Louise Auclair's name displayed on the screen.

I turned for the balcony, hitting the answer icon. 

“You’ll receive a gift box in about twenty minutes. Make sure you answer the door yourself,” her voice said, just as the motion-sensor glass doors parted, and I walked through to the balcony. 

Her voice was calm, and I suspected she was probably in the hammock by the pool.

I could see it in my head, the padded earth-toned hammock swinging over a small portion of the pool.

“OK,” I replied.

At that moment, a warm caressing music started up somewhere in the house.

There was no point asking the contents of this box. It most likely contained this drug that would send Dean to a home. It had to be, if she wanted me to receive it myself.

“Olivia.” Her voice made me alert. “Whatever this is, wrap it up quickly.”

“What do you mean?” I reached up to pluck a leaf off a tree bra