Page 4 of Heartless

Chapter Two—You have his eyes

Sienna

I yanked the door open, but instead of Gabby, an elegantly dressed woman with shoulder-length, brown hair stood on the porch.Her gaze glided slowly over me before coming back to my face.

“You have his eyes.That’s why he’s keeping you,” she said quietly.

I gawked at the bizarre opening while my fingers tightened around the door handle.“Can I help you with something?”

Flicking her curls back, she said, “My name’s Rowena Wheelan, and I’m your half-sister.Can we talk?”

My mind reeled for a few seconds.I blinked and took half a step back.“I’m sorry, but I think you have the wrong address.”

When I pushed the door, she shot out her hand to stop it.“Please, Sienna.Hear me out.I’m Nigel’s first illegitimate daughter, and there’re things you need to know about our father.Can we please talk?”

Wow.That was just...wow.As I stood there, the woman cleared her throat.

“Can I come in?”

“Of course.”

Once we were in the living room, her gaze took in the well decorated space.

“He must really like you,” she murmured.

“Ms.Wheelan—”

“Roe, people call me ‘Roe’.”She rolled her lips together and sighed.“I’m not supposed to be here.And I could get in a lot of trouble.”She must have read my expression because she added, “Don’t worry.It’s nothing that a good lawyer can’t fix.Kimmy couldn’t stop talking about you, so I had to meet you.”

“Do you mean Kimberly Morrison?”

“The one and only.Every time another pretender shows up at her house, she comes for a treatment.”

The strange woman wasn’t making any sense.“A treatment?”

She nodded.“She’s one of my customers.I own Every Goddess, the SPA and hair salon on Elm and Prairie.”

The ‘pretender’ thing would explain Kimberly’s dislike of me a little more.But not why this woman, my half-sister—dear God, I had a half-sister—was in my house.

The corner of her mouth curled in a way that reminded me of Gabby when she was sad.