Chapter 3

His wild eyes landed on the diary and evidence scattered across the table.

"This ends now! We are not dragging this out again!"

He made a frantic grab for the papers.

"Michael, don't you dare!" I hissed.

"Look at you! You've lost your mind! Completely insane!" He switched targets, trying to wrestle the flash drive from my hand.

"Give it back!" I clung to it with all my strength, shielding the proof of Megan's innocence—the last remnants of her truth.

In the struggle, he shoved me hard.

My lower back slammed into the sharp corner of the desk.

A white-hot…