Evelyn paused, and Iris heard a clock ticking in the background.

“I also saw your hospital photographs.

Garrett showed them to me because he thought I would say you were exaggerating.”

Iris waited.

“I didn’t recognize what I was looking at,” Evelyn whispered.

“Or perhaps I didn’t want to.”

“You saw an injured woman,” Iris said.

“There wasn’t much to interpret.”