“You can know someone’s behavior, but not their heart, right? After all these years, people change. The temptations out there only get stronger. Who’s to say the people we thought we knew haven’t already changed?”

I looked at Claire, smiling, but there was a sharp edge behind it.

“We’ve been classmates and best friends for four years. Can you look me in the eye and swear you still treat me the same as you did back then?”

My smile made her uncomfortable. I could tell. She squirmed slightly.

“Linda, what are you talking about? I owe everything to you—my degree, my job. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have...