She made a derisive sound deep in her throat. The memory strangled her. Annalise hated that helpless feeling.
“One evening, I was working late, and he dropped in to see how I was doing. He came to me hard and my NO didn't stop him. I fought against him, as much as I could. I slapped and pushed him, but he was so much stronger… He probably would’ve r***d me if his wife hadn’t burst in.”
Annalise was trembling, but she knew she had to go on.
“I think she knew what was going on… I thought she would help me. But… she couldn’t care less. She called me a w***e, unjustly so. She was also his partner, so she used me to make him pay for everything he had ever done wrong to her. And she also had her way out of the marriage.”
“What happened after?” Lance asked.
“Well, these days you have experi
