{"id":25364,"date":"2026-09-29T18:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=25364"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:38:37","slug":"part-8-felix-admitted-he-had-given-me-access-to-room-214-but-his-reason-exposed-a-secret-plan-even-his-family-didnt-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=25364","title":{"rendered":"PART 8 \u2013 Felix Admitted He Had Given Me Access to Room 214, but His Reason Exposed a Secret Plan Even His Family Didn\u2019t Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Felix was waiting in the kitchen when I came home.<\/p>\n<p>The lights were off except for the lamp above the sink.<\/p>\n<p>He sat at the table with both hands wrapped around a glass of water.<\/p>\n<p>No television.<\/p>\n<p>No phone.<\/p>\n<p>No false casualness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere were you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I put my keys on the counter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDriving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor two hours?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question landed.<\/p>\n<p>He stood slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNora.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know something\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe you should tell me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face became still.<\/p>\n<p>There were moments in a marriage when the air changed before either person said the sentence that would divide everything into before and after.<\/p>\n<p>This was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell you what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Even now, he wanted me to name the crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou go first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He watched me.<\/p>\n<p>I watched him.<\/p>\n<p>Finally he said, \u201cMy mother is planning something tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me I\u2019d love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought you might.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you still?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked down.<\/p>\n<p>That tiny movement answered more than words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat changed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been different since dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My pulse remained steady.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you wonder why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you wonder whether I understood you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes snapped to mine.<\/p>\n<p>There.<\/p>\n<p>The first true crack.<\/p>\n<p>I continued in German.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long did you think you could talk about me at the same table where I was sitting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix went white.<\/p>\n<p>For several seconds, neither of us moved.<\/p>\n<p>Then he sat down again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou speak German.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He rubbed both hands over his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot the reaction I imagined when I started learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His head lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou started learning?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo surprise you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The irony hurt enough that I almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was going to answer your mother in German. I thought everyone would laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNora\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead I learned you were sleeping with Elise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what you heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive months pregnant. A girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been seeing her for months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour family knows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I switched back to English.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you want to tell me any part I got wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The answer was nearly inaudible.<\/p>\n<p>I walked toward the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEighteen months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElise told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His head jerked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou talked to her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stood so quickly the chair scraped backward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to stay away from her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInteresting choice of concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t understand what she\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe says the same about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe hired Caroline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face changed again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou met Caroline too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much do they know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wrong question.<\/p>\n<p>Not how hurt are you?<\/p>\n<p>Not what can I explain?<\/p>\n<p>How much do they know?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNora, listen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of listening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can explain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoom 214.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix stopped.<\/p>\n<p>I watched his face.<\/p>\n<p>Sabine had told me only three keys existed.<\/p>\n<p>One with Voss.<\/p>\n<p>One with her.<\/p>\n<p>One inherited through their grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>Felix swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou went there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho gave you the key?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>He closed his eyes again.<\/p>\n<p>Then he whispered, \u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everything inside me went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou sent the package.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key and flash drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause tomorrow is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve spent eleven years building the danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice broke.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, Felix looked less like a strategist and more like someone trapped inside his own choices.<\/p>\n<p>I did not let that soften me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave me proof that you married me for money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave me proof you were surveilling me before we met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou gave me proof your family planned my fertility treatments around a trust schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes lowered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then you let me sit across from you at dinner while you pretended everything was normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know when you\u2019d open the files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat makes it worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He fell silent.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled out a chair but did not sit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause the plan changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose plan?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartin\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix looked surprised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarrington House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fear crossed his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he see you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNora, you should not have gone alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get to be protective now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not asking you to forgive me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He took a breath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trust was supposed to be simpler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI marry someone who qualifies. Stay married until a biological child is born. Then the distribution occurs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd because I couldn\u2019t get pregnant?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe treatments failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou mean I failed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what the records say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not what I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it matter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElise became Plan B.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you choose her because you loved her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A long silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt the answer physically.<\/p>\n<p>It shouldn\u2019t have mattered after everything else.<\/p>\n<p>It did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you love me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>He stepped toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNora\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get both answers and expect them to coexist comfortably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen choose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face twisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t undo what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t choosing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved Elise before I met you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy parents forced the choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. They offered you money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father\u2019s company was collapsing. If I walked away from the trust, hundreds of employees could have lost their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you sacrificed me for payroll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was twenty-nine and scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were old enough to know marrying someone under false pretenses was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you ever consider telling me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not the same as doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He sat again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought if I could make the marriage real, the beginning wouldn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence hurt because part of me understood it.<\/p>\n<p>That did not make it forgivable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it real?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil Elise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked away.<\/p>\n<p>There was my answer.<\/p>\n<p>I crossed my arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell me about tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartin will present the guardianship agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes widened slightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat my signature could be used to show I accepted your affair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix swore quietly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSabine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell me whether she\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you planned to divorce me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI signed papers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you file?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked directly at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sounds romantic until I remember you kept sleeping with Elise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I gave him a warning look.<\/p>\n<p>He stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartin says the trust requires me to marry Elise after the child is born.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the older household clause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He laughed once, exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Nobody does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means Martin is lying about the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I studied him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found my grandmother\u2019s original amendment six months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one naming Sabine arbiter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, but there\u2019s another page.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat page?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA codicil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does it say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix stood and walked to his office.<\/p>\n<p>I followed.<\/p>\n<p>He removed a folder from behind a row of books.<\/p>\n<p>Inside was a photocopy of an old legal document.<\/p>\n<p>One paragraph had been highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>No spouse shall be compelled, deceived, or financially coerced into satisfying succession requirements. Any beneficiary proven to have concealed material conditions from a spouse forfeits discretionary control over distribution.<\/p>\n<p>I read it twice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou concealed everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you forfeit control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens to the money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSabine becomes controlling beneficiary unless she participated knowingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt goes to the alternate family foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all get nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why this page disappeared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho removed it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found correspondence between him and my father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold.<\/p>\n<p>Another layer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour father knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour mother?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSabine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought of her fear in the garage.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that had been genuine.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy give me the key instead of simply telling me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if I told you directly and Martin discovered it, he could destroy the remaining records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you manipulated me into discovering the truth myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He flinched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I held up the document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy not release this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need the original.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConvenient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy grandmother hid documents in several locations before she died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoom 214?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas the key hers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did you get it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe gave it to me two weeks before she died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe said I would eventually need to decide whether I wanted to become my father.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentence lingered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you waited eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made the wrong decision for eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEleven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEleven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least he accepted the correction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want from me now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow, don\u2019t sign anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t planning to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForce Martin to explain the original trust language in front of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith what proof?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He tapped the photocopy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019ll call it fake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Sabine has authority to suspend distribution if there\u2019s a dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought of her forty-million-dollar problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe needs the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe might side with Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe might.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElise wants her child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIngrid wants the trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarold helped hide the amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you want what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Felix was quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Finally he said, \u201cI want out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou had eleven years to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This time I let him say it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Elise wants to keep the baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat matters to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than the money?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither was my marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked away.<\/p>\n<p>I continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were going to let me raise your child with another woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought you wanted a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him until he looked ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat sentence is why I may never forgive you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice cracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. You understood my grief well enough to weaponize it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He sat.<\/p>\n<p>For a long moment, he looked older than forty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTelling myself you might love the baby made it easier to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything keeps becoming easier for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>I folded the photocopy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m keeping this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd tomorrow I decide what I say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t speak for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t touch me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you lie once\u2014one time\u2014I leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should probably leave anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my decision too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked down.<\/p>\n<p>I returned to the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>My phone buzzed.<\/p>\n<p>Unknown number.<\/p>\n<p>I opened the message.<\/p>\n<p>A photograph filled the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Felix and me standing in his office moments earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Taken through the window.<\/p>\n<p>Someone had been outside our house.<\/p>\n<p>A second 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