Chapter 5

"Anna, what's that supposed to mean?" Alex's voice dropped, turning heavy.

"What do you think I mean?" I laughed. "Dr. Grant, you're a smart man. Don't tell me you really don't get it."

I pulled the door open a little wider and stepped aside. "You want to see Charlie? Sure, come on in. Bring your new colleague too—let her see for herself what kind of place your 'friend' and her kid are living in."

Every word I spoke was barbed. I wanted to embarrass him. I wanted him to see, right in front of his pretty coworker, how the woman…