"Kate." Damon took one careful step forward. "Talk to me."
"Don't." It came out sharper than I meant. He froze. "Don't use that voice on me. There's a clause. If no threat is verified against the subject, I have the right to early termination. I don't want a refund. I don't want a settlement. I want this finished tonight."
Silence.
Darius looked up from his laptop for the first time.
Damon set his coat down on the back of a chair as though it might shatter.
Damian did not move.
"You don't have to decide tonight," Damon said softly.
"I didn't decide tonight. I decided ten minutes ago."
I did not look at him. I did not look at Damian. I looked at Darius. The only one of the three who had not yet asked anything of me today.
"I want to go home." My voice cracked on the word. Tears sli
