Chapter 10

"You told Derek that my greatest fear was losing Cole and Peyton, didn't you?" Talia's hand froze around her water glass. Her reaction gave me my answer. We were sitting in a restaurant near my office. Yesterday afternoon, she had shown up at my office without an appointment. That evening, she sent me another message asking for one chance to explain. In the end, I agreed. A fifteen-year friendship deserved, at the very least, the chance for me to hear what she had to say in her own words. "Blair,...