Chapter 6

That’s always good. She tried not to let her curiosity get the better of her, and refrained from saying more. That’s one thing she’d learned from patients: they were more likely to admit to things if you didn’t push them.

You’d be terrible at getting a confession out of a suspect!

Then it’s a good thing you’re the cop and not me.Meredith started to send a winking emoji, then thought better of it.

I’d gotten involved with someone who was so wrong for me because the holidays were coming up and I was lonely.

Is that all? I’m sure we’ve all done something like that.

Maybe, but this was a huge mistake. Buster is good company and I don’t act rashly out of desperation anymore with him around.

Now Meredith really was curious. Had Jen been a victim of domestic violence herself?

What happened?

I ended up being the Sugar Mama for someone who had three kids. Three kids under the age of seven. What was I thinking?

Whew. That’s a big one.