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“Dad, stop,” Maddy urges.
My eyes are fixed on Drew’s. Fixed on the pain flashing beneath the crystal blue as he looks back at me. It’s like he always knew this day was coming, but hoped if he ignored it,then it might forget us, sidestep around us, or get lost on the way.
But denial is pointless when faced with the inevitable.
“Tell us,” Henry says, his voice calm despite the destruction it’s unleashing. “Tell us her lips didn’t touch your dick.”
“Hank!” Violet snaps. “That’s enough!”
Halliday’s card flashes in front of my eyes. A body with swords in its back.
Painful endings and betrayal. A way out.
But this isn’t the one I expected.
I stare at Drew, ignoring everyone else.
“Drew? Tell me—”
“I can’t.” His voice cracks. “I’m so sorry, Sophie. If I tell you that she didn’t, then it would be a lie.”
I jerk my head back as dizziness blows through it.
“What?” I grip onto the tabletop for support.
“But it wasn’t like that, I swear.”
Drew drops to his knees in front of me, imploring me with panicked eyes to listen to him. But all I can hear is blood whooshing in my ears.
Movement in my stomach makes my breath falter, and I rest my hand over my bump on instinct.
“Whatwasit like?” I ask, my voice echoing in my ears.
Drew pushes both hands back through his hair, his eyes wild, like those of a man who is about to lose everything he cares about, knowing he can’t do anything to stop it.
“She came to my room. She was dressed in lingerie. But—”
“How did her lips attach themselves to your dick?” I cry, my anger piercing the air and making my ears pop until every sound in the room is suddenly screeching in my ears.
The sound of Violet’s gasp and Maddy’s soft murmur of “God” drown out Henry’s leisurely slurp of his coffee.
Drew watches me breaking in front of him. Because for the first time in my life, I can’t hide my emotions. I can’t push them down deep and get on with my job.
This is my life.
These are my babies.
The gaping, bloody hole in my chest was my heart.
“Sophie,” he pleads.
I shake my head, forcing out the words, wincing as I say them, even though the situation suggests that they’re true.
“You’re just like him,” I whisper.
Drew’s eyes widen. “You don’t mean that. Please. You don’t fucking mean that.”
My mouth parts on a muffled gasp as I stare back into his eyes.
