Victoria smiled.
“Hello, Benny.”
Christopher shifted beside her.
“Vic, this is already being handled.”
She stood.
“What exactly is being handled?”
I felt my old instinct return.
Don’t cause trouble.
Make it smaller.
Say everything is fine.
Then I remembered the way Benny had trembled in my arms.
So I ignored that instinct.
For illustrative purposes only
Part 5 — Victoria Had Heard This Before
next
totti;