Accompanied her to medical appointments.
Praised Graham endlessly.
Within months, Vivian treated Serena with more warmth than she had shown me in seventeen years.
Only one person in the house seemed unconvinced.
Mrs. Rosa Alvarez.
Rosa had worked for the Mercer family for twenty-three years.
Officially, she was the housekeeper.
In reality, she knew where every document was kept, which family members lied about drinking, which marriages were unhappy, and exactly how Vivian liked her coffee.
Rosa rarely interfered.
Until one rainy afternoon when a stranger appeared at the side entrance.
His name was Evan Barrett.
Rosa found him beneath the awning wearing work boots and a mechanic’s jacket.
“I’m looking for Serena.”
