Chapter 40
***Ivy***
“You still have a choice,” I said. “You can walk out of this unharmed, if you just identify the person who sent you.”
“You’re looking at a possible life imprisonment. Are you still going to deny it?”
“It’s… it’s…”
His eyes darted slowly toward Renée, then quickly dropped back down. His shoulders slumped in defeat.
“I don’t know who it is,” he muttered. “I just received an order to fabricate an accident against you. I don’t know the name or face of the person who sent me.”
My hands clenched at my sides. He was clearly lying. Renée must be holding something against him.
“Let’s get this over with,” Idris said, sending a guard forward. “He’ll probably talk when he loses two front teeth.”
I gripped his arm immediately, shaking my head.
“No. Let’s h
