EVELYN
As the sentence escaped me, I began to doubt my plan. I didn’t want to cry, but tears sprang out against my will.
I watched as Cole’s face slowly turned cold and his eyes shifted from disbelief to mockery.
“So that’s the reason...” he scoffed. “You want to trade information with your body? Don’t you think you’re thinking too highly of yourself?”
His voice was filled with contempt.
“Was she telling me the truth?” I asked boldly.
He suddenly reached out and cupped my chin, raising it up as he stared down at me.
“What will you do if I tell you that it’s true?” he demanded. “Are you going to be buried with him? Do you love him so much that you’ll fall to pieces?”
“Aiden is my friend,” I managed to say through my trembling.
“That’s what you would do for a friend?” Cole sneered.
