LYDIA POV
Mike scoffed. “Believe what you want. I don’t have her. If I did, you think I’d be here drinking myself to death?”
Marcus crossed his arms. “We know you hated her for making you lose your job. Maybe you decided to get even.”
Mike’s jaw tightened. “If I had her, I wouldn’t be wasting time talking to you two. I’d make her pay for what she did.”
His words made me smirk. “So you admit you want revenge?”
Mike’s grip on the bottle tightened. “Of course I do. But I can’t get revenge on someone I don’t have.”
Marcus and I exchanged glances.
I tapped my fingers against the counter. “You wouldn’t lie to us, would you, Mike?”
He laughed bitterly. “I have nothing left. Why would I waste time lying?”
I studied him carefully, trying to decide if he was telling the truth. His anger was
