Chapter 13

Vanessa lost it. She snatched the mic away and jabbed a finger at them.

“If you hadn’t forced me back then, do you think I would have gone after Maddie? You forced me — all of you!”

“What did you just say?”

“You were the ringleader!”

The women were about to start tearing into each other right there on stage.

I took the other mic from Chloe and deliberately raised my voice: “Ladies, we can’t just go around accusing people at random. I trust Vanessa’s character. And I trust Ethan’s judgment!”

I raised the USB drive in my hand.