~ DAVID ~
My rage at Emory began to burn again as Zara described that conversation, the disrespect and disdain that Emory had shown her would have incited my ire to such a degree, I might have imprisoned her anyway, even without knowing she was a Physicist. Had I not known that Zara betrayed me, had perhaps earned the disdain, I would have had the woman punished. But Zara wasn't done.
"That night… with Ash… he was the one who lied, David. Not with his words—he used something innocent to convince you that something was going on between us, because he… he was jealous. And he was also… he was working to try and keep me safe. He's been walking a line between you and my father for months. I didn't know, David. I didn't know any of it."
Her eyes locked on mine and even though they were bloodshot, her emphatic determination to show me her heart was… undeniable.
