28. Camille

“Um…” I pointed after Brick as he stalked from the room. Then I glanced toward the others. “What did that mean?”

When no one had an answer, I demanded, “So am I forgiven? Or not?”

“I…” Blinking in stunned confusion, Kaitlynn shook her head as she tore her gaze from the place where Brick had disappeared. “I don’t really know,” she finally admitted. “I’ve never seen him act like that before. He usually likes to speak his mind too much to just walk off without saying anything.”

I nodded as if I understood, only to ask, “But he believes me now, right? He knows I didn’t betray him?”

Kaitlynn’s lips parted as if she wanted to answer, except she didn’t have an answer.

So Gabby spoke up. “Of course he believes you. How could he not believe you after hearing that call? Or learning that you nearly let yourself be arrested for him? He has to know.” But she followed it up by glancing questionably toward her husband as if she needed him to corroborate her story because she wasn’t too sure if s