expression hardened.
“All this because I slapped you once.”
Melissa shifted beside me.
I raised a hand.
“I want him to finish.”
Grant appeared startled.
Looking directly into his eyes, I said:
“No. Not because you slapped me once.”
“Then what?”
“Because that was the first time the way you treated me left a mark on my body that I couldn’t explain away.”
The room fell silent.
Diane intervened.
“He was stressed.”
“Stress doesn’t move your hand across someone’s face.”
“He lost his career.”
“He lost a job.”
“You don’t
