FINDING ELENA
Against reason, he found himself suspicious of the calm in her voice, the steadiness that shouldn’t have survived considering what she went through.
“Why now?” he asked, breaking the silence. “You had the card for a while.”
Elena sighed softly.
“I… I wanted to have my baby first.”
“And maybe now your baby is safe, you can finally have time to blackmail the Moranos, is that it?”
The words hit like a slap.
Elena's head snapped up, her eyes locking onto his, blazing with shock and incredulity.