Chapter 56

• Jessie’s POV
• The door creaked open and my heart leapt into my throat.
• Tamara walked in beside Olivia, her steps slow, hesitant. Her expression was unreadable—somewhere between blank and boiling. My hands, already clenched in my lap, tightened until my knuckles turned white. I stood up, instinctively. My legs felt like jelly, and my chest was painfully tight. I had been rehearsing what I might say all evening, but now, facing her, I couldn’t remember a single word.