Chapter 18 — The Thing She Did
Elina stared at Sebastian.
Neither of them spoke.
The words from the phone still hung in the room.
Not until she remembers what she did there.
Elina's voice came out quietly.
“What did I do?”
Sebastian looked at her.
“I don't know.”
Her expression hardened.
“You're lying again.”
“I swear I'm not.”
“Then why would he say that?”
Sebastian lowered the phone.
“I don't know.”
Elina laughed once.
There was no humor in it.
“You always say that.”
“Elina—”
“No.”
She stepped away from him.
“Every time I ask something, you give me half an answer.”
“Because that's all I have.”
“Then tell me the half.”
Sebastian went silent.
Elina waited.
Finally, he said,
“I remember you being afraid.”
“That isn't what I asked.”
“I remember your father taking
