In the blackness of night, Julia stood on the balcony of her room. The room behind her was pitch black as she stared in silence at the courtyard and the villa's gate, hoping to see the familiar Rolls-Royce immediately appear at the entrance.
In the afternoon, Glades Horne had received a call from Hansen Ruiz. She didn't know what had been said, but Glades told her he needed to return to the office, and now, at one in the morning, he still hadn't come back.
She called Glades, and he said he was busy and asked her not to worry about him, assuring her that he would be back soon. What business at Valence Group could be so important that it required his attention until now? She called Rachel Bailey and learned that Hansen Ruiz had already gone home and nothing unexpected had happened at the company. If so, Glades's busyness wasn't about company affairs.
