Chapter 35

• His hands grew still and his eyes narrowed at me. I knew he despised the words I had said to him but I didn't know why.
• “You must think I’m a fool. You must certainly think you can deceive me like you did in the past,” Dropping his arms, he said coldly, “I know you never loved me. You loved my money, nothing more.”
• “It might have started as a con,” I said tearfully, “but it changed to something more. I never knew that it would happen but it did. I’m telling you the truth. I loved—”