ASHER
I nodded and tried to swallow past the lump in my throat. I stared at the floor, wishing I had not asked him any questions about this, wishing I was in bed nursing my aching head.
"Good," he continued. "The next time you ever try to defend that girl, I will disown you. Yes, Asher," he added when my eyes snapped back up to his. He looked like he meant every word. "You know me. I don't make idle threats."
"I wasn't trying to defend her," I said quickly.
"I see," he said slowly, stroking his chin. "Then tell me what the hell you were trying to do just now?"
"I just thought-"
"Ah, so you have a brain after all."
I ignored that. "I thought that if anything happened to Hannah so soon after the fight I had with her, people would suspect that we had-"
"People!" my father cut in an
