Jason thanked the woman and said that it wouldn’t be necessary.
Just as Jason was saying goodbye, another call came in on his phone. He wasn’t the slightest bit surprised to discover it was Victoria.
He answered it, holding the phone away from his ear so he wouldn’t be bombarded by the stream of loud profanity she was spewing at him.
The gist of it was that he was a bastard for not believing her and rushing to her rescue.
When she’d run out of steam, Jason said calmly, “What did you expect me to do? If you were really hurt, then you’d need a doctor and the police right away—much sooner than I would be able to get to you.”“But you obviously didn’t believe me—” Victoria began.
“I wanted to verify—as any man with half a brain would have done in my situation, given how you’ve acted before. I can’t understand what you thought you’d accomplish with this scheme. I’m not going to take you back, no matter what.”