Chapter 10The cab driver deposited us in front of our apartment building, and Billy and I wearily took the elevator up to the sixth floor. I was suddenly exhausted, but decided to decline Justine's dinner invitation in person.
When we entered the apartment, Billy let out a quiet but vicious expletive and stopped abruptly, causing me to run into her. Mumbling ungentlemanly words of my own, I moved around to face her. She looked angry and I asked, “What's wrong?” Then I heard the voices coming from the living room…one was Justine, the other I didn't recognize.
Billy walked stiffly into the living room with me at her heels. Justine looked up as we entered, a pained smile distorting her otherwise beautiful face. A woman was sitting in the armchair across from Justine, and although I'd never
