Eleanor slept in that morning.
Partly because she'd gone to bed so late. Partly because there was no morning market to rush to for the freshest vegetables, no four-dish, one-soup breakfast to have on the table before Julian woke up.
She made herself a packet of instant ramen and ate it happily. Once her stomach was full, she went to the bank, filled out a transfer slip, and wired ten million dollars to a name with a note attached: for medical expenses.
From the bank, she headed to Wren & Co. Coffee, where she'd arranged to meet Lauren Reyes for lunch.
After the wedding, in her effort to be the perfect Cross family housewife, Eleanor had all but cut ties with everyone she used to know. She hadn't seen Lauren, her best friend since high school, in three years.
Thinking back on those thr
