Katie
“Katie is nothing to me,” I stressed, holding Audrey’s tear-filled gaze. I managed to steady my voice, but inside, I felt like I was treading on thin ice. “You’re the only one I love, Audrey. You know that.”
Her lips pressed into a tight line. Then she crossed her arms. Her gaze burned into mine. “I don’t believe you,” she replied flatly. “You can stand there and say all the right words. But your eyes tell me everything I need to know. You were thinking about her, weren’t you?”
“Audrey, stop this,” I pleaded as I took a step closer to her. But she backed away and shook her head furiously.
“Don’t tell me to stop!” she snapped. “Tell me the truth, Frank. What were you thinking about? Why was she in your head?”
I exhaled sharply as I ran a hand through my hair. Audrey’s hysteria wa
