wiped his eyes.
“And later, closer to the end, he changed his mind completely.”
“What did he say?”
“He said, ‘Tell her everything, Adrian. I was wrong. She’s stronger than I gave her credit for. Tell her all of it.’”
I stared at him.
James had changed his mind.
James had asked for the truth.
Yet Adrian had returned home and lied anyway.
“Why?”
Adrian looked away.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“At first, I convinced myself I was honoring his original request. I thought the first version was what
