Rita's POV

This is exhausting. All this back and forth, with me stuck in the middle, is driving me insane. I hate every second of it. Maeve still terrifies me, and the thought of telling her what he said fills me with dread. But I know it’s final, he’s not giving them the money. I just pray she’ll accept it without flying off the handle.

She’ll have to scramble to find someone else willing to help us now, and that’s what scares me most. Every new person she pulls in increases the ...