Her phone buzzed. A text from Xavier: How are you? I heard you went to see your mother. Is everything okay?

Kimberly stared at the message, emotions warring inside her. Anger that his family had destroyed hers. Confusion about what he knew and didn't know. And underneath it all, that treacherous warmth she couldn't quite kill.

She typed: Everything's fine. Just needed to check on her.

A lie. Nothing was fine. But she wasn't ready to confront him yet. Not until she knew more. Not until she ...