gaze shifted from Molly' s treacherous smile back to Debra' s

" I

anded in the space between u

es widening in disbeli

Of course you' ll help. It' s for a sick child." She set the box down and walk

opped, and a flicker of irritation crossed he

uly am. But I can' t take on that kind of liability. A child with a terminal illness, a compromised immune system.

was also something the old, naive G

But Molly... Molly understood immedi

" I said, a cool, sweet smile of my own spreading across my face. "She' s been telling me all abou

e cracked, and for a moment, I saw the venomous creature underneath. Sh

bit out, snatching the clipboard fro

Debra, too lost in her own pain to notice the tension, gav

s slumped. The moment Debra was off the

r voice low and dangerous. "Liability? Are you

ping back inside and closing the door until only a crack remained

of the lock echoing the final, satisfyi