My stomach tightened.

“I never admitted any such thing.”

“He said the divorce was painful because you used a baby to manipulate him.

His mother confirmed it.”

I studied her face.

She looked bewildered, not calculating.

On her left hand was a diamond I assumed Terrence had chosen with the same taste he used to choose anything that impressed a room.

“I’m not asking you to believe me on my word,” I said.