Nothing more.” “Is sitting on his lap in your job description?” I asked her.

And Gavin stepped between us — stepped in front of her, to shield her from me.

“That’s enough, Nora.

You don’t have to humiliate her.” That was the sentence that did the most damage of the whole night.

Not the necklace, not the buttons, not the two years I didn’t yet know about.

That he was still, even now, protecting her from me.

Chapter 4 — Two Years