LUCAS
“What did you say?”
I exclaimed a little more sharply than I meant to, but she didn't bat an eyelash; she just held my gaze steady, waiting, daring me, even, for me to open up.
I shook my head, more than her, I think. All these years I've been carrying this weight, this need to destroy Omar for everything he'd taken from me. And yet, here she was standing in front of me, her expression open and questioning.
"Fine," I grumbled as I let out a breath. "You want the truth? Well, here it is. Omar and my dad were supposed to be partners, anyway for anyone who would have looked. They were building together, until Omar didn't. He betrayed him, and my father, foolishly, trusted him, confided in him. and Omar used that to destroy him."
Her eyes gentled and something in her carriage change
