By Friday, Briar was a mess and nothing Dante could say to her could assuage the terror of Liev finding out she had withheld the information about Hadlee, and the best-case outcome was him hating her for it. The worst case was he could end up killing her for it. She couldn’t stop thinking of him saying the red head had died for stealing diamonds from him. What would he do once he learned of Hadlee?
She needed the distraction of what she was doing right now to quell her terror and her emotions.
She stood in the wings as her students prepared for their final showcase. They were in the top five. They had to sing one more time to settle final placement and they were the last ones to perform. She believed with all her heart they should win but she was admittedly biased. She felt Dante’s hand
