Renee's POV "What?" he replied, too quickly. "No one sent me… I saw your profile and… and…" I tilted my head, just enough for him to understand what I was hearing. And judging. "You're cute, you know that?" I said with a small smile. "But you don't know how to lie." He blinked. I finished, unhurried, like someone who had already reached the end of the road. "It was Kensington, wasn't it?" "Who?" he shot back, feigning confusion. "I don't know what you're talking about." I let the silence do its work. Men always give themselves away in the space between the question and the answer. In that space, the body decides. And his body had decided badly. Of course it was. Of course it was Gwen. For some reason, she erased the real Bella. And that was exactly why she was dangerous. Because love made Bella obey without fear. Made my daughter trust. Made my daughter choose. And choice was the one luxury I could not allow that child to have. And I saw, even more clearly
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