Chapter Twenty
It hadn’t taken long to pack her meagre things. Less than five minutes. Her mind reeled, and her gut pinched with dread.
There was only one way she could stop David, and that was to turn herself in. She’d certainly be charged, end up incarcerated, but when it came down to it she'd done the wrong thing and should pay the consequences.
She had to tell James about David. Tell him about the whole sordid mess. It was the only way she could protect both of them. James would stand up to a man like David. He could do that.
She would do her best to make sure David was arrested, but first she had to sacrifice herself to do it. There was no other way.
And the fantasy?
That was just a fantasy.
It was all it ever would be.
She needed to prepare herself against James’ reaction. Th
