AS SOON AS she recovered from her shock, Sapphire suddenly took her burner phone, which she hides in her cabinet, and called one of her people— Theo, her private investigator.

After a few rings, the man on the other line answered.

“Greetings, young mistress.”

Theo is a middle-aged man who worked with Sapphire in exchange for the protection Sapphire was giving him.

He is wanted all over the country for a crime he didn’t even do. With Sapphire’s help and influence, he was able to fake his own de