knew“I know. I could see your struggle when we came into Aces.”
AcesJess nodded against Kason, but fell silent.
“What happened tonight?”
“I knew I had to get out. If Brian had no problem choking me, how far would he go? I knew I couldn’t stay until the end of the month, even if that meant I wouldn’t get to see Tabitha. I contacted a women’s shelter and they said they’d take me for a while until I could get the money to get my own place.”
Jess felt Kason’s muscles clench behind her. The arm around her waist tightened a fraction. She could feel him consciously loosen his grip on her.
When she didn’t continue, Kason urged, “Go on.”
“So I got some of my stuff together and put it by the door. I went over to talk to Tabitha. Tammy was out, so we stayed in and I talked to her for an hour. I
