He thought he was moving against a tired woman.

He was moving against the most dangerous thing on earth, which is a tired woman who has just discovered you hurt her child.

Chapter 11 — You’re Going to Help Me

I set Yvette’s phone back down on the table, screen up, that lawyer’s message still glowing on it between us.

“You’re going to help me,” I said.

She blinked at me through her ruined mascara.

“What?” “Right now, Gideon thinks he knows exactly what’s happening,” I said.