stared at her as though he had never truly seen her before.
“You let me threaten my own daughter over something you did?”
Vanessa looked away.
I finally spoke.
“Don’t look at her like she’s the only liar in this room.”
Derek turned toward me.
“She gave you a story,” I continued. “You chose to believe it.”
His mouth opened.
Nothing came out.
The officers separated us after that.
One spoke with Derek in the dining room.
Another took Vanessa into the living room.
The female officer followed me upstairs.
