“Just ignore her,” said Slade. “She’s poison and spews lies more than anyone I’ve ever met. I’m surprised Aiden is allowing her into his home. ”
Melody didn’t answer. She picked up her fork and began to eat as well.
“What kind of lies?” I asked, watching him glare across the room at Talia, who was now conversing with our pilot, Steve.
“The kind that ruin lives. That’s why I probably shouldn’t let her near either of you. She might try starting something, just to get back at me.”
“For what?” I asked.
“For her sister,” he said, a pained expression on his face. “She... she killed herself and Talia blames it on me.”
“What? Why?” I asked, surprised that he’d confessed something like this in front of both me and Melody.
“Vanessa and I were... a couple. I made the horrible mistake of not te
