Newlywed Jade Westmore has finally found her forever in husband Wells, a charming, successful, and recently divorced architect--only there's one caveat: behind the gates of their elysian estate, hidden from street view in the caretaker's cottage ... lives Wells's first wife, Sylvie. Three years ago, the original Mrs. Westmore suffered a nervous breakdown--and hasn't uttered a sound since. Not a physician, psychologist, or world-renown specialist has been able to elicit so much as a word from the silent woman ... until now. On an ordinary Tuesday while Wells was away--despite instructions to never disturb the fragile woman--Jade visited her isolated predecessor bearing a peace offering: a bouquet of white lilies. Only she wasn't expecting Sylvie to have something for her as well: a slip of torn notebook paper with a single word scrawled in shaky black ink. That word? Run.
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