Chapter Sixteen
Lies
Sausony heard his footsteps on the stairs, then the door swing open and the man walked through. Her body quickened instantly knowing he was close.
He moved through the loft until he found her pruning fuchsias on the open-air deck just outside his bedroom. Grabbing her by the arm, the pruning sheers clattered to the floor. He dragged her to the center of the living room and whirled her around to face him.
You lied to me!
Lied? She looked back at him stunned.
Tell me what I dont know about you, his voice thundered through her.
She shook, as if a fault line had just ruptured and the next LA earthquake had struck her alone. Ive
Ive told you everything
everything important, she clutched her throat.
Not that youre a married, missing wife, Sausony Da
