“I just wanted to clear my credit cards!

She told me you signed the house over!”

Patricia didn’t say his name, she didn’t defend herself, and she didn’t look at him again.

She simply stood up straight with her chin lifted high while Rebecca pulled her hands behind her linen jacket and snapped the steel rings around her thin wrists.

“Hannah!” Derek yelled as Officer Marcus started marching him toward the double glass doors that led to the police cruisers.

“Hannah, please!