With her improving dramatics chops, he could imagine how much effort she must have devoted towards honing her craft around Claudia.

As Tanya watched him depart, the anguish on her face faded to nothing. Tobias was an astute one. Therefore, she was beginning to rue her decision, as now, she had to fret about where she might be able to find herself a baby.

The receptionist informed Tobias that Skylar had already checked out. His cellphone and watch were returned to him in a zipper bag. Anyone else who came across this might have taken it for a bequeathment if they did not know better.

When he got back to the villa, the wardrobe doors were wide open. Every compartment he checked turned up empty.

His lips twitched as he stuck a hand in his pocket. “Scurried off like a mouse, she did.”

May fortune favor the good.

 

the note she left by the side table creased between his fingers. The man was

He was not usually into girls her age, but to

 

maturity and adolescence. A blank canvas such as Skylar deserved an artist like him. It would be a pity should she end up in the hands

even though she was a bit of a handful. He

had called several times but without success, as his number had been blacklisted. It was just as well that she

reach her, he could only wait until tomorrow to try to find her on campus. He figured that it should not be difficult to locate her, as

morose. His thoughts came to Sheldon, and he

his older brother when the latter came calling. The lad reeked

at that decadent appearance of his made Tobias want to send the rascal’s soul down to be

brother, who had a flair for the refined, Sheldon was never comfortable in this cultivated setting no matter how many times they had visited it together. He much preferred the candor of an inebriated

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