Calm

Taking some deep breaths, Cassidy commanded herself to calm down a little bit. This was Christian, after all. At the very worst, he would get what was coming to him. Unless, of course, she ended up getting in trouble for helping him in the first place and not telling anyone.

In the silence, she remained in his head, pushing a little deeper than she meant to and caught the flicker of a woman’s face in his mind’s eye. She was beautiful, with long brown hair and lavender eyes. The way she was dressed, Cassidy could tell the memory was from a long time ago. Part of her wanted to dig even deeper and solve the mystery for herself, but that always seemed to feel unethical. So she decided to ask instead. “Who is she?”

It took him forever to answer, and when he did, he was still angry. “Why would I tell you that when you just threatened to reveal everything else to your sister?”

“That’s a fair point. L