needs help, but not the kind you’re trying to make this into.
The detective’s eyes narrowed.
I continued saying nothing.
Marcus kept talking because silence unsettles arrogant men.
I have important people in my home today, he said. If you show up here with some sob story, I will make sure Chloe loses everything. Do you understand me? She is unstable. I have witnesses.
Sylvia’s voice sounded behind him.
Tell that old woman she should be grateful we didn’t call the police on her daughter.
The detective raised one finger,
