Haley didn’t mock him. Instead, she stared at the windshield, her tone flat.
“And her? How did you deal with her?”
Justin’s voice sounded even more exhausted.
“I sent her to a casino overseas. Back to where she started.”
Sending Emma to prison would have been too easy.
Worried that Haley might misunderstand, he added in a low voice, “Don’t overthink it. I have no feelings for her anymore. The only reason I let her live is because…”
“Back to where she started?” Haley wondered.
She recalled what Richard had mentioned earlier that night—how Emma had disappeared for three years, working for the Lori Organization, selling her body.
And now, Justin had sent her back to that life?
“Because of what?” Haley turned to look at him. She hadn’t caught the first part of his sentence, only the last few words.
“Because she once saved my life.”
Haley’s brows furrowed slightly.
She hadn’t known that.
She only knew that Emma had been Justin’s college sweetheart, the
