Evelyn
Five minutes after Connor leaves, an older woman approaches me. I sense the hostility in her eyes before she opens her mouth.
"I've been watching you," she says.
I groan inwardly. Right. I do have an actual target on my back. "Nice to meet you, too."
She doesn't try to mask her dislike for me. "There is nothing nice about our meeting. Why are you with Connor Everest? For the money?"
Money? If this bleached blonde, tacky jewelry-wearing woman knew who I was, she wouldn't say those words. I let her go on, though. Bringing my parents into the conversation means this might get back to them, and I'll have my mother to deal with.
"My daughter, Alicia, is a better woman than you will ever be, you gold digger," she spits, figuratively. "And I have been waiting for the right moment to
