Chapter 34
Three weeks had passed since Vanessa's arrest.
The memory of that night at Claire's apartment still haunted Harper. The darkness, the gun, the terrifying minutes before Sebastian and the police had burst through the door. Vanessa had wanted to talk, she'd said. To explain why Harper didn't deserve Sebastian. To make Harper understand that everything she'd built was about to crumble.
She'd been stalling, Harper realized later. Waiting for something. But the police had arrived before whatever Vanessa planned could unfold, and now she is sitting in jail awaiting trial on multiple charges.
The media frenzy had been intense but brief. Once the evidence of Vanessa's stalking and conspiracy came out, public opinion shifted. Sebastian was vindicated. Harper was recast as a victim ra
