d**g addicts are pretty good liars, even to themselves." Especially to themselves, if I remembered right.
"It wasn't that way. She wasn't being 'honest' like every other time. She was..." Sheree paused. "Confused. She was confused."
That didn't sound like Shelly. If anything, she was good at fake self-confidence and earnestness. "That's odd."
"I'm going back in the morning. I told her I'd pick her up."
"We'll drop you off; your car's there."
"Yeah. I was gonna ask if you could do that. I'm so damn mad at her."
"If the judge gets the hospital report and sees a d**g-positive result, you won't have to deal with her much for a very long time."
She fell silent for a long time. "Is there any way she could have...you know, accidentally taken it?"
"You think there's a chance somebody drugg
