#Chapter 91: The Truth Comes Out

The silence following my confession seems to stretch on forever. Marcus and Liam are frozen, staring at me without blinking. I'm frozen, my heart thudding so loudly that I can hear it echoing in my ears. It's probably only a handful of seconds, but it feels like hours. The longer the frozen silence stretches, the more I start to panic. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. I should have at least planned this better, instead of just blurting it out like this! I think I'm going to be sick. I think I'm going to faint. If someone doesn't say something soon, I'm going to – "Bloody hell," Liam says, coming inside and closing the door. "Well, that explains a hell of a lot." "It – it does?" I ask. Marcus still hasn't said anything; he's just staring at me still, unmoving. "Good lord, yes," Liam says, marching over to the bar area and hauling out the supplies to start mixing what look like whiskey sours. "I knew there was something funny about Nicole Hardy's disappearance from th