Someone who has recently graduated, if I were to guess. I find her in a ritzy gathering in front of a low stage that won’t be used until it’s time to announce the winners of the silent auction.Ī boy, my mind supplies. The renovations have made the carved-out rooms too large, but they’re still too crowded. My head aches from staying aware of all the people in the space while I look for her. She’ll be where the important people are. This painting.Īll my attention goes to finding her. The worried tone seeping through the words on the screen. I don’t stop to see whether they’re taken aback or not. Waiting to see which pieces I pay attention to.
Leblanc.” He understands enough to stand perfectly still while I tuck a thousand dollars into the front pocket of his suit jacket. “Anyone meets my bid, raise it by five thousand dollars. This piece is too personal to announce I’ve bought it without some consideration. What I care about is buying myself some time. I don’t care if this painting skyrock- ets in value-Daphne is priceless. “I’m buying it under my corporation.” The name I give him is an anonymous shell. “This piece is mine,” I tell the attendant for Daphne’s piece. I discover both hands are over my mouth and put them back into my pockets. Daphne’s art reveals only the surface, but it pretends it’s telling you everything. At first it was some commentary about how the water hides things, and how it’s never the same twice.
Drag it out of her body in tears and shudders. Whatever this is, I want to hear it from her. Need cuts into me like the crimson slashes on the canvas. Her wide, dark eyes are too innocent for a scene like this. I never imagined they would look like this. All those dark waves-how could she not be? It’s in my head. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo / Google Play She’ll be the perfect addition to his collection. It doesn’t matter that she’s a living, breathing person with her own hopes and dreams. Innocent Daphne Morelli is more exquisite than anything he’s ever seen. He only ventures out in pursuit of new art for his collection. Emerson LeBlanc doesn’t enter society much.
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