My body suddenly fills with fire. It’s so hot, I feel like I’m surrounded by flames. He thrusts again and again and the temperature only increases. He whispers my name over and over again.

I flip him over and climb on top of him. I press my hands into his chest and arch my back as I sit on top of him. Now, I can feel his full girth as I start to move my thighs up and down.

“I love you,” he whispers.

“I love you, too,” I say, tilting my head and letting my hair fall down my back.

He runs his hands up and down my stomach, cupping my breasts and eventually pulling me closer to him.

A warm sensation starts to build in my core. It’s familiar of course, but this time, it overwhelms me.

Taking me completely by surprise, I yell out his name and collapse on top of him in a state of euphoria and contentment.

Later that evening, after we get dressed, there’s a knock on the door. I think that it’s probably Sydney and she might have forgotten her keys but it’s actually Meredith.

“I knew your address and one of your neighbors was walking out so she let me in,” she says.

“We’ve got quite a secure building here,” I joke. She laughs. I invite her in and introduce her to Nicholas.

She extends her hand but instead of shaking it, he comes right over and gives her a big warm hug.

“Thank you so much for everything you have done for me. Olive told me all about it and I wouldn’t be here without you.”

“You’re welcome,” she says shyly. “I was just so drawn to your story right from the beginning and the more I started investigating the more I knew I had to do the right thing.”

We order takeout and while we wait, Meredith tells us all about what has been happening back at the office.

“I knew that something was going on with Keenan starting about two years ago,” she says. “He used to really care about his job but then he got distracted and absentminded. At first, we at the office all thought that he was just going through a midlife crisis or having an affair or both but then I heard rumors that he was in a lot of financial trouble. He owed debts to a lot of bad people around town. The worst of the worst, as you can imagine.”

I nod and urge her to continue.

“Is that why he wanted to frame me for what happened to David and Nina?” Nicholas asks.