Chapter 160

“You’re here!” I say, heading toward it but stop when it’s Katy who appears.

“You!” she hisses. “I knew something was off. He didn’t kill you!”

Before I can answer, she’s on me like a rabid cat. She claws at me, slapping every part of me she can make contact with.

Startled, I raise my hands protectively over my face, afraid to hit her back and severely hurt her. As it is, Nathan already hates me for any part I might have played in the death of his father.

The woman may be older and weaker, but her strikes are impactful. She shoves against me, slapping her palms against my shoulders and chest, driving me toward the rear of the deck. It all happens so fast that I don’t realize I’m so close to the glass rail until it hits my lower back.

“You have to calm down!” I plead.

“Why did he have to want you? You look nothing like me! But Leo always liked them younger. Tell me, did you like how he fucked you?”

“What? You think I slept with your husb—” Another whack, this time right across the chin