CHAPTER 18

" Do you believe me? " Leo Blaze Arlotta settled back against his seat. When he had come to walk her to class early this morning, he had been surprised when the heiress asked him if he knew a quiet place for them to be alone. If he were honest, there had been a smallest part of him that thought it would lead to an assignation, and so he had brought her to the small office the school administration had given to him. When he had her comfortable in her seat, he had asked her how she was doing, thinking she would tell him about her beach getaway, which the university had been enviously talking about the entire weekend. Instead, she had given him her life story. Every painful, incredible part of it. He said finally. " Yes, I believe you. " This time, because he knew how much honesty meant to Kathy, he only spoke the truth. " I'm not sure why I find it easy to believ