Krystal’s POV
We went back into the Christian estate, but I was feeling otherwise. I was not able to get out of my head the shaking voice of my mother. I was not able to stop that fear in her eyes.
She knew.
She never was naive.
And yet she made no attempt to prevent it.
I believed that I had witnessed the worst in people that surrounded me. but now I saw--some of the greatest cuts were those inflicted by those whom you mighthave felt their most safe.
There was silence in the office of Colt between us. He held my hand hard, and his eyes were far away, consciously calculating the next step.
And did not you get a name out of her?” he at last said.
I nodded my head. “No. She was scared too much.”
Colt caught his jaw. “She knew. That’s enough. She has no blamelessness in this.”
I did
