I took a job bathing a paralyzed billionaire because my children were starving and I had no other choice. I told myself it was only work, only a…

He looked thinner.

Harder.

But unmistakably alive.

Tears blurred everything.

“You knew.”

Christopher said nothing.

“You knew he was alive.”

“Yes.”

I slapped him.

The sound cracked through the room.

Mrs. Alvarez appeared in the doorway.