MAVERICK

I felt like I gave my trust to people too quickly.

I just realized that Terzo had a lot of skeletons in his closet, and he couldn’t share them with me. And it was a red flag.

We couldn’t be friends, and the way he reacted earlier was darker and scarier, and I had this feeling that he knew me better than he let on.

“Mrs. Winston.” Owen startled me as I walked away from the restaurant.

I stopped to a halt, staring at Owen. “That was fast.”

The door to the backseat opened. Before I could get in, someone just called my name.

I turned around, but Owen...