That you knew and had chosen not to be involved.”
I sat down.
Hearing it confirmed hurt differently.
Not because I had doubted Cassandra.
Because the lie had been spoken by someone I trusted.
– ¿Por qué?
“She kept trying. I thought if she believed you had made a decision, she would stop.”
“You thought telling a pregnant woman the father of her children had rejected them was helping me?”
– No.
Evelyn’s voice broke.
“I thought that then. I don’t now.”
For several seconds neither of us spoke.
Then she said, “
