Chapter 10The whole ride back, Gavin had been uncharacteristically silent. They sat in the back of Finn’s town car, Vicky playing with the edge of her skirt, Gavin gazing at her from where he sat. Finn played classical music at a low volume, but it did little to distract her from how awkward the moment felt.
A whole pride of lions had fought over her, like she was a cut of meat to be torn into pieces and divided between them. All of her life Vicky had struggled to blend in and be invisible, but at Gavin’s side all eyes were upon her and there was no hiding. The confrontation with Peter still weighing heavily upon her conscious, Vicky knew that she had to stand up for herself, and while at first she had been confident, as the speech progressed she’d lost her steam. By the end of it she wis
