Chapter 92

A familiar voice came through the phone, "Shirley, I know it's you. Please, can we meet? There's so much I need to tell you." Benjamin's eyes never left Shirley, and she met his gaze. Samuel must have found out she had married Benjamin. But she wondered why he was so anxious and what he wanted to tell her. Benjamin held the phone out toward her, making it clear there was no avoiding this conversation. His silent, piercing stare demanded a response. "Shirley, please say something. I just want to talk. Meet me. Just this once." Shirley looked at Benjamin, took a deep breath, and calmly said, "There's nothing to discuss, Samuel. I'm not meeting you, and I won't thank you for what happened last night. This makes us even for what you did. Please give my phone to Nancy. I'll collect it from her myself." "Shirley, don't do this," Samuel pleaded, his voice breaking. "I know I've hurt you, but—" Shirley couldn't care less about what Samuel wanted to say. She cut him off coldly, "I don'