I felt confused. “He told me he loved her. He asked her to marry him.”
”Yeah, yeah. That’s what he tells you. He asked her to marry him alright. He did it to keep her from going to the police on him. Look,” she said, her voice calmer now. “I don’t want to see the same thing happen to you that happened to Vanessa. Loving a man like him will get you killed.”
I decided to play the devil’s advocate. “Who says I’m in love with him?”
Diane smiled slightly. “It was in your eyes when they took him away. And it’s in the way you’re looking at me right now.” She started for the door. “Don’t let him hurt you like he did her. She was my friend. And now because of him, she’s dead. And because of her, I just lost my best friend.”
“What’s that supposed to mean? “
”I paid him back for her. He hurt
