‘Read my name. You have 30 seconds…’

the crowd. “This is jealousy. She’s obsessed with me.”

Her friends nodded instantly.

Grant hissed under his breath, “Stop talking.”

But Vanessa was intoxicated by old habits. She still believed humiliation was a weapon only she controlled.

She grabbed the plate of leftovers again and shoved it back toward me. “You know what I think? I think poor Nora got continue reading …