A House Full of Experts… and No Answers
Hillridge Estate sat above the Santa Barbara coastline like a showroom for perfect lives.
White stone.
Tall windows.
Sunsets that looked staged.
Inside, it felt colder.
Not temperature-cold.
Human-cold.
For the last month, Catherine’s world had been reduced to one bedroom.
An oak bed.
Pillows stacked like barricades.
