Kandice is staring at my phone like it’s a live grenade, like the thing is gonna explode the second she touches it.
That’s right.
She knows one wrong move from her daughter is enough to cost her everything.
Her health, the blood donations, the bills I’ve been quietly handling while Diana plays dirty slut with another man.
"Can you just... can you just tell me what's on it?" she stutters, her voice thin like a baby.
I sniff in a hot, impatient breath.
"Just play the audio yourself... Mom. Maybe when you do, you’d finally get why I had to drive all the way here to give it to you."
Kandice stands up, her legs looking like they’re made of straw.
She slowly drags the phone to her side of the table.
Her shaky thumb hits the screen, and the silence of the house is murdered by the h
