Avery's mind races—with everything that's happened in the last few days, she hasn't thought about the offer at all. The truth is, I don't know much about jewelry, she thinks. But I don't know much about anything—my whole life, I was trained to become an ideal match for Evan. No one ever asked me what I wanted to do or what I wanted to learn. Now it turns out, all that was for nothing.
Evan and I are getting divorced, and even though he says he still wants me, there's no way I can live my life with a killer. I'm pregnant with his child, but the pregnancy may kill me. I've never done anything just because I wanted to do it. So why not do it now?
"Okay, I'll come work for you," Avery says.
Sophie's face lights up with joy, and she says, "You're doing the right thing. You're going to carry on your mother's legacy."
"It's not just for my mom," Avery says firmly. "It's for me too."
