Chloe had texted Mark, “If David asks, tell him Maya ordered everything online herself.”
“That’s important,” Julian said, “but we need to confirm what she meant and whether the full conversation changes it.”
I hated his restraint.

I also knew we needed it.

Anger had made me want a spectacle.

The truth needed a record sturdy enough to survive scrutiny.

PART 6
By afternoon, messages from Miami came in a flood.

Eleanor wrote that someone at the hotel had embarrassed her in front of Ethan’s family.

Chloe demanded a replacement card.

Mark accused me of behaving like a child.