‘Read my name. You have 30 seconds…’

to the crowd. “This is what jealousy looks like. She’s obsessed with me.”

Her friends nodded instantly.

Grant hissed, “Stop talking.”

But Vanessa was drunk on old habits. She thought humiliation was still a weapon only she could hold.

She grabbed the plate of leftovers and pushed it into my hands again. “You know what I think? I think poor Nora got a fancy continue reading …