The Cost of Silence

Sloane said, “Don’t lie to me. When we first started dated, you promised that every question I asked would be answered with the truth and never a single lie.”

Killian pressed his lips together, then forced out a rough, “Yes.”

She went on, her voice frighteningly calm, “So when my brother begged you for help that night, were you really sitting in the back seat?”

He stared at her back, stunned. Ther