In Evenmoor, women did not touch each other unless it was polite, brief, or required.
When Lewison mentioned that I could have a female mistress if I wanted to, I took it as a joke. Something said in the heat of the moment.,
I believe that it was one of those things that people always said but never meant, like all the times my father said he'd quit smoking.
Without waiting for permission from Lewison, I sat on his bed, allowing all the information I had just heard to settle in.
“You’re lying,” I muttered without thinking. “Women don’t… Gabriella wouldn’t have… That’s not how the world works.”
Footsteps crossed the room, and then I felt Lewison’s towering presence hover above me. Still, I didn't look up.
My hands curled into the sheets. I needed to make sense of something. Anything.
