My future.
He told Sophie exactly what he would do to me if she exposed him.
I listened to the entire recording.
When it ended, I couldn’t move.
Sophie said:
“I started recording him whenever you weren’t home.”
Then the past rearranged itself.
Every dinner. Food& Drink
Every insult.
Every time he interrupted Sophie.
Every time he changed the subject when she asked about money.
Every time I thanked him for “handling things.”
I whispered:
“He wasn’t protecting me from you.”
Sophie nodded.
“He was protecting himself from me.”
“He wasn’t getting frustrated with you.”
“No.”
“He was trying to remove the one person who had noticed.”
Sophie looked down.
“I was the crack in his wall.”
Then she said:
“But there’s more.”
BELLA
I didn’t think there could be more.
There was.
While Sophie traced the missing college money, she found recurring transfers.
