Every single detail I laid out was the raw truth Diaia had carefully whitewashed and buried for ages, and every last point lined up perfectly with the events Liam remembered living through.
Liam had been played for a fool by Diaia for so long. Learning just how rotten and despicable she really was after all that time hit him like a freight train, the shock of it almost unbearable.
He tumbled right out of his wheelchair, eyes glazed over and empty. A cold sheen of sweat broke out all over his skin, and his throat locked up so tight he couldn't squeeze out a single sound.
I turned and walked out, leaving him alone to work through the bombshell I'd just dropped at his own pace.
The next day, Captain Mercer gave me a call.
Diaia and Derek had gotten wind the heat was on and skipped town,
