Indulge her curiosity, my ass. Over the next thirty minutes, Isla Ballantyne interrogates me like a suspect in the box. An apt description, because she does suspect me of something. So far, everyone has bought my story. Blow to the head muddling my mind and my memory. Gray, the medical expert, accepted it at face value. Both McCreadie and Mrs. Wallace have their doubts, thinking “Catriona” is up to some trick, but they’ve stepped back to watch and judge. Isla dives in with a razor-sharp scalpel. Without even a skeptical raised eyebrow from her, I still feel my story falling apart around me,
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