Chapter 87

• Claire did as she was told. Quietly, she pulled the back of the chair and sat down with her fingers tightly laced with each other.
• For a long minute, no one said anything. The only sound in the room seemed to be the ticking of the clock. The tension in the room felt tighter and thicker than she had ever experienced. When someone did speak, it came from her left where Sonia Halest sat.
• “Is it true?” The older woman asked with a frown.