she' d said, not looking at me. That was her excuse for missing the mus
ration. "Sometimes you wish you could go back to a simpler time," Vicky cooed, her eyes on Dylan. "Like, three years ago, bef
k. Not at me, but at my sick younger brother, Liam. She threatened to cut off funding for his life-saving leukemia treatments unless I we
r ensconced in her company, a reminder of her betrayal? I was trapped, but I wouldn't b
igned it, and left it on her pristine kitchen island. I found a new, fully-funded clinical trial for Liam across t