Ruby panicked, her alarmed gaze darting to her uncle. "That's not what happened, Uncle Jerry. Kai didn't..."
"Enough!" Jonathan snapped, pointing a trembling finger at her. "I don't want to hear another word from you. You were drunk. He took advantage. THAT is what happened. That is what you will tell everyone. That is what your grandmother will hear. Do you understand me?"
Ruby's heart dropped into a cold void, her dad's words choking the air out of her lungs. She felt suffocated and trapped as she looked to her mother for help. But Agnes was already in tears, mumbling curses at the entire Treshvire family for bringing pain and misery to the Angelos.
"Dad, please...." Ruby fell on her knees despite her condition. "Kai didn't violate me. I'm telling you the truth."
