“Yes,” Mrs Benett said quickly, settling in more comfortably.
She waved over the waitress, ordered her breakfast like we were having brunch with girlfriends, and then turned to me again.
“I’ve been looking for you. Because I know I made a mistake yesterday. I should’ve said something else and handled it differently. The truth is... I’ve always seen you as a strong person, Monique. So strong. I never thought… you’d find out that way. But once everything was out there, I figured it was better if you knew it all. You were already angry, already talking about your father’s money, about leaving Ryan.”
I narrowed my eyes.
“I panicked,” she said. “I was scared. Scared you’d walk away from him with nothing. Monique, you don’t have anyone... All alone in this cruel world.”
She tried to reach
