father had been involved. But you still expected me to walk through this house blind.”
“I was trying to determine whom I could trust.”
“You keep saying trust as though it is something other people owe you.”
Vivian flinched.
I stepped away from both of them.
“I’m going to Grand Central.”
Jason moved in front of me.
“That would be foolish.”
“So was marrying a stranger. It seems to be a family tradition.”
“This is not a game, Clara.”
“I know.”
My voice shook, but I did not lower it.
“My mother spent her last year worrying that her treatment had ruined us. My father lost everything after trying to report missing money. Ethan nearly died. And someone may have used a car connected to me because they believed I had information I didn’t even know existed.”
I placed my hand over the key in my pocket.
“I am finished
