“Tess, at the tombs, you told me you felt frightened around him. That one moment he’d be violent, and then he’d turn around and be loving. Please tell me you aren’t in denial about your husband’s abuse?” She lets out an affronted laugh. “Maggie, you misunderstood. I wasn’t talking about Alain.” She leans toward me, her green eyes flinching as they enter the shaft of light. She drops her voice. “I was talking about Otto.
