She wanted Emma Parker to die during surgery.”

The room came apart in whispers.

Sabrina shot to her feet.

“It’s a lie!”

I took the microphone.

“I’m the woman who was supposed to die,” I said, and the room went still.

“And he — ” I turned and looked at my husband ” — is the man who put a knife in me because he decided his old lover’s tears mattered more than his wife’s word.”

Nathan closed his eyes.