Keeping Me Busy

Clara

Even though I had given Derek all the sharp, biting answers I could muster, my hands were still trembling after he left. Bold words didn’t mean brave feelings. Deep down, I knew him. He wasn’t the kind of man who would sit quietly and swallow humiliation. And Chloe? She was even worse. Together, they were poison dressed in silk. My gut told me that they would come back at me.

I tried to shak