Rebecca POV:

"You took the money, so why should you back out of forgiving me?" Lilith, who had been playing the poor girl, was no longer pretending and stood up violently, accusing me sternly.

I took out the card I had just put away and was ready to shove it back into her hand.

She was sober enough to know that the money was being used by Madame to get me to forgive her, and didn't dare take it, but blocked it with her hand, leaning her body back to avoid my hand.

Chagrined that I hadn't moved quickly enough to throw the card back into Lilith's arms, I wondered...