Chapter 56

• Her throat was closing on her and her vision was blurring. She really didn’t want to cry in front of him, not anymore, but if she didn’t get the door closed fast that was exactly what was going to happen and her humiliation would be complete.
• His words echoed over and over again in her mind and she wanted to hold on to them. But how could she? She would have given anything to believe him. To hear those words and hold them close. Instead, she said, “How can I believe you, Cedric?”
• Sorrow glimmered in his eyes and his mouth tightened into a hard, flat line.