In front of them.

You didn’t care about their trauma when you thought you held the upper hand.”

“I was losing my mind over the business!” he pleaded, his hands reaching forward across the desk before dropping back.

“I was terrified, Jessi!

The loans were coming due, the firm was falling apart, and Chloe was constantly in my ear telling me we needed a fresh start—”

“You made your choices as an adult,” I interrupted, not unkindly, but without any give in it.