Chapter 143.
Harper cried so hard that she could barely breathe. She covered her face with both hands, trying to hold herself together, but every time she thought she had managed to stop, another sob shook through her.
She had no idea what was happening anymore. Ten minutes ago, she had been working. Now there was a dead man in the pool, blood in the water, and the sick feeling that somehow she was going to end up behind bars for something she had never planned to do.
Rhett stood a few feet away, completely still. For once, he didn't have some smart comment or irritated remark ready. He watched Harper struggle to breathe through her tears before finally speaking.
“You didn't kill him.”
Harper lowered her hands just enough to look at him.
“Rhett, please, not now. Let me think about h
