A Fragile Peace

Hadley’s POV

Did she say anything else before I came in?

I should've said yes.

I should've taken that moment and laid out everything…the video, the spa setup, Gemma, all of it…and just let the truth land where it was always going to land eventually. Part of me was screaming to do exactly that.

But then I remembered the look on Valerie’s face…how she had completely fallen apart, every bit of that c