when Tessa discovered the truth, you threatened her.”
“I didn’t threaten her.”
“You said you could make her life difficult.”
“I was angry.”
“So was she. All she did was write an accurate description across your back.”
Tessa almost smiled.
Grant reached for my hand.
I pulled it away.
“Rachel, I love you.”
“You told her the same thing.”
“I never meant it with her.”
Tessa flinched but recovered quickly.
“That’s not the defense you think it is.”
Grant looked between us, searching for whichever version of himself might still
