“Are you scared of him?” His head tilts, studying me.”

“No?” I nearly whisper. “Not really, I just don't think it's wise to poke the bear and-”

“It's time you buried the past if not confronted it.” Eliza interrupts my forged explanation. “You can't run the rest of your life simply because of something you had no control over.”

I pause, she's right. It's been four years, but I can't just forget what I did. I killed Arabella Venus, I hurt Knox and his anger is ...