Chapter Seventeen
Another sleepless night. Another morning at the café with the day ahead stretching endlessly. Hospitals were not restful places to spend the night. Her bones ached as she stepped through the door. She couldn’t string a handful of thoughts together, save the nightmare of what had happened yesterday. She felt as though she had been king-hit several times, each punch pulled for a knock out.
The endless bills, the lifetime of payments, the elevated competition of Upper Crust was nothing compared to the look Liam had given her when she’d told him about Lenny. She’d purposely not told him out of fear for where that look would end.
It was the look of uncertainty, of doubt, of ambivalence. It was the look that he was about to be used for his wealth. The wall had gone up and th
