LIORA
“Are you okay?” Claire asked. “You’ve been very distracted since we began this meeting.”
That’s because I can’t seem to get what Officer Jimmy said to me out of my head.
“You are not the first woman to be with him, and if you don’t get away, you won’t be the last woman to lose her life while with him.”
How is that supposed to make me feel in a relationship that had just taken off?
“Don’t you want me as your author?” Claire asked skeptically, her eyes narrowing as she studied my face.
Clearing my throat, I reached for my coffee. “I’m sorry if I gave you that impression, but I really love having you as my author. It’s just that I’m a bit distracted today, and I can’t seem to help it.”
She leaned forward slightly. “Why? Is it because of the cops?”
I arched a brow at her. How the
