While I was on the phone, Maya's expression shifted from worried to calculating."Bella," she said when I hung up. "What if you talked to Caleb? Not about Tom, not yet. But about Jade. He needs to know she's threatening you."
"He won't believe me," I said automatically. "He chose her over me once already."
"That was years ago. When he believed lies about you." Maya's voice was gentle but firm. "You saw him last night, Bella. That wasn't a man who doesn't care. That was a man drowning in regret."
"Regret doesn't undo what he did."
"No, but it might make him an ally against Jade." Maya pulled up something on her phone and showed it to me. "Look at this. I've been doing some research on Jade since you told me she was involved. She's been trying to get close to Caleb for months, showing up
