“I spoke to Nicole,” I blurted out. The confusion was back, the wariness. I shook my head, not wanting to continue but knowing I needed to. “She tried to lie about you, Briar.” I stumbled over to sit on the couch again, waving them away when they tried to sit near me. “She came to rub that blouse in my face. But she messed up. She admitted something to me that made my neck tingle. She’s been working with someone. There was a reason she came back and reconnected with you.”
