“Have you heard of Connie DeLonge?”
Elizabeth asked the question casually. She expected Sawyer to say no, and to have to try and explain what the woman was like before explaining anything more serious. She was surprised by his answer.
“In passing. She was pretty hard to miss on television and when I was working the others used to talk about whatever stunt she had pulled that week. Why? Is she the one that’s keeping us from each other?”
“Yes. And that may have been your possessive side talking, but you weren’t wrong. She is keeping us from each other. That’s the entire reason she stayed to film the rest of this stupid show.”
She felt Sawyer tense, but she knew he hadn’t figured out the truth on his own.
“You’re being paranoid, Elizabeth. She’s just an overinflated bimbo who wants to be
