Chapter 63
~ Hailey ~
I was already pissed off. Beyond pissed off, actually. The kind of anger that sat heavy in my chest and made my temples throb. The entire day had been a nightmare stacked on top of another nightmare — Dante’s assault that still made my skin crawl when I thought about his hands on me, Navine’s violence that had left my nerves shredded and my thoughts scrambled, the impossible deadline hanging over my head like a guillotine, Nathaniel’s invasive, probing questions in the car that made me feel stripped bare, and now this.
This interrogation from Yvonne.
My patience had been worn down to nothing. Every single thing that usually kept me calm had been chipped away, piece by piece, until all that was left was raw irritation and exhaustion. And Yvonne had chosen now, of a
