Caris felt cold as she stepped into the room and both Boone and Virgil not only flanked her but stood between her and Killian. Something had the two men fired up. She looked around for Analise and Nedra and they immediately moved to hold her hands.
Amber, as Aileen had called her, was looking Caris up and down and clicking her tongue. “You’re smarter than this. I can’t believe you fell for this bullshit.”
“Lady, I don’t know you from f*****g Adam,” Caris started speaking, “so don’t pretend to think you know anything about me, not even my IQ.”
Virgil chuckled as his mother raised eyebrows. “I told you she had a mouth.”
“You weren’t lying.” She pointed to Aileen, “you robbed me of her.”
“I didn’t rob you of anything,” Aileen whispered.
“No, you were so annoyed with the lump sum we gave
