About the phone call, or that fact that she hadn't picked up. Jane could feel the words building up inside him.
"I see you already got a replacement. You were in a hurry, it seems." Jim's words hung in the air, an accusation Jane couldn't deny.
"Work," Jane replied, her voice barely audible. "I had to get back to work," she added, the words coming out in a rush.
"Was is it why you didn't return home last night?"
She could tell by the look on his face that he hadn't forgotten about her not coming home the night before. He was just waiting for the right moment to bring it up, to pry the truth from her. She knew she owed him an answer, that she couldn't avoid it any longer.
And before she could think of just anything to say besides the truth - that after her visit to Audrey, she had sp
