at me.
“Yes.”
The word barely came out.
I felt my anger shift.
Not disappear.
Shift.
“What did he threaten you with?”
Benjamin looked at Genevieve.
Then Richard.
Then me.
“He said if I stopped cooperating, he’d make sure you lost your house.”
I stared at him.
“My house?”
He nodded.
“He knew about your retirement account. He knew about the life insurance. He knew about everything.”
I suddenly remembered something Thomas used to say.
Never let anyone convince you that fear is the same thing as love.
I had
