Gods, I wanted to believe him.
“Olivia is plotting something, Julian,” I said. “I know because she already acted on it.”
He blinked. “Tell me everything.”
So I did, explaining what Ms. Flora had told me, about the woman claiming to be my sister-in-law had come to the school to try to check out Alice for the day. And that this woman fit Olivia’s description perfectly.
As I spoke, Julian grew more and more tense, his body stiffening, his muscles tensing, his hands forming fists at his sides.
His face showed his shock for only a moment before that hardened too.
“She came to the school…” he said, repeating my words while sounding so very far away.
“Yes.”
A low growl escaped him then.
Alice, hearing it, glanced up at him. “What’s wrong, Daddy?”
Immediately, he cut it off. “Nothing, A
