A Storm Over the Sound

The drive back to Long Island along the coastal parkway was lashed by a violent winter nor'easter. Gale-force winds whipped off the Atlantic, throwing sheets of freezing rain against the armored windows of the Maybach. When they arrived at Blackwood Manor, the power had failed across the Gold Coast. The vast estate was plunged into pitch-black darkness, illuminated only by the flashes of lightning reflecting off the turbulent waters of…