6
“Let’s go to my office,” Stacey said.
Edie sighed. She didn’t want to go to Stacey’s office. She wanted to go back to bed and actually sleep. But that wouldn’t happen, so she followed Stacey down the hallway to her office.
Stacey closed the door and took her seat on the other side of her desk. She sipped her tea and watched Edie.
Edie fidgeted. She didn’t like being appraised. She knew Stacey saw something, but until the other woman opened her mouth, Edie didn’t know what it was.
“I don’t think you’ll believe me since I’ve said it before and you keep refuting it, but you were not to blame for what happened. For what happened to you, what happened to Tonya, or what happened and is happening to those other women.”
Edie let out a breath, her exhale a relief and a physical blow. Her bo
