Chloe.My best friend. My sister in all but blood. The woman who had held me while I cried about my failing relationship ―all while sleeping with the man causing the tears.I must have made a sound, because Liam's hand came to rest, very lightly, on my shoulder."Explain," Liam commanded.David was crying now, messy, self-indulgent tears. "She came to me after we got together. She said you were pathetic. That you'd never truly love anyone, that you were too closed off, too damaged. She said you needed a push. To really break. So you'd see how empty your life was."Each word was a nail. A petty, intimate evil. This wasn't a grand mob plot. This was a small, jealous heart, dripping poison."She gave you the money?" I asked, my voice a ghost of itself."She set it up. She had a friend. A guy with connections. The money just appeared in my account. She said it was for my trouble. For helping you get the wake-up call you needed." He was babbling now, wanting us to see him as a victim. "She
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