“Then why did you call him?” I ask, my voice rising uneasily. “Why did you reach out to him when you needed someone? I needed you, Cassie. Tilly was murdered. Karen has been watching us for days. She broke in and attacked me. I needed you, and it just feels like through all this, you never needed me.” “I needed a distraction. That’s it. Sometimes I need to think of anything else. This—” She gestures between us. “It’s starting to hurt, Lenora.”
