Chapter 55

Torn in two by the agony of his betrayal and the effort of holding on to her steadily collapsing emotind, she walked across the room and stared out the window. Then she turned, her voice little more than a whisper. “You bastard”

Something flickered across his face

He had the look of a man who knew he was under attack but so far hadn’t managed to identify the enemy.

“Kelly….” He began, but she didn’t let him finish.

“I thought you cared. I really thought you cared about me. And what sort of a fool does that make me? You lied to me”

He rose to his feet in a fluid movement, his hands on the table. “I didn’t lie. Kelly, We need to….”

“All those things we did together. All that time we spent together” she lifted a hand to her forehead and rubbed. “All those things you said to me. And you didn’t mean any of them”

“That’s not true… You are being hysterical”

“Too right, I’m hysterical. You made them withdraw their contract offer. We could have