Chapter 167

• [FIFTEEN MONTHS AGO]
• “Wait a minute, what? You can’t just leave me here,” Claire yelled into the phone, her gaze focused on nothing in particular as she pinched her face and tightened her fingers to keep her cool.
• “You can do anything when your child is as reckless as mine.” Her father’s voice rang out on the other line. “Even so, we’d already left. I don’t think I can trust you anymore after your attempt to undermine the only way we might have saved our business.”