David's thin mouth parted slightly before he answered. He'd only come along with Cassandra to visit Eleanor because Julian had asked him to. Though David had worked as Julian's assistant for years, he didn't know much about Cassandra's history. Just that she was Julian's first love the two of them had weathered something hard together at the detention center as kids, and she'd stayed an unshakable presence in his memory ever since. Still, David had never warmed to her. Back in school, Julian and Cassandra had been the golden couple, impossible to miss on campus. Even now, plenty of Julian's old classmates still assumed the two of them were together. To outsiders, Julian looked completely devoted to her. Looks, family money, talent by any measure, Julian was a catch. David never once

