Lopez was pacing the room, fuming with anger as she thought about her situation. The divorce papers she had found had changed the direction of her thoughts. Her father’s situation occasionally infiltrated her thoughts, too.

She jerked at the sudden knock on the door. It took her a while to calm her rapidly beating heart before she opened the door to answer the person knocking. It was Toria.

“There is a man asking to see you,” she said, looking at Lopez. She was visibly distressed.

“What? A man?” Lopez repeated. Her heart immediately resumed its rapid beating.

“Yes, Colin relayed the message to me just now. Are you alright?” Toria...