After all, there was no denying what had happened. I mean, the bedsheets were a disaster-so much blood-and her legs still ached like she'd run a marathon in high heels.

Jesus...

What the hell kind of mess was this now?

Xander's voice came over the phone, suddenly cold. "You worried I went and finished him off?"

Yvonne's eyes widened. "What? No! God, no. Why would I care about him? He's nothing to me. Honestly, you're my husband-why waste your energy on some loser like that? It's just not worth it, right?"

Worried? That wasn't it at all.

If anything, she'd always been the kind of person to handle her own revenge.

"Seriously, Xander, that's not what this is," she added, just to be clear.

"Where are you?" he asked, his tone still sharp.

"I'm in York," she replied.

"York? That far?" he sounded surprised.

She huffed. "You know Skye's been screwing me over for years. I finally caught up

to her-I wasn't about to let her get away with my stuff again."

Just saying Skye's name set Yvonne's blood boiling. That woman was like a

since they were kids. Who knew how much Skye had stolen

Yvonne wondered if she'd done something truly terrible in a past life to

from me?" Xander asked

know what kind of marriage this is. This isn't betrayal

voice faltered a bit, confidence

a low, amused grunt. "No, it's

quite place, but her mind was

he dropped a

She blinked. "Wait-what?"

the other night. That

her

scrambled,

enough noise last night to wake the neighbors. I figured you'd burned off most of your anger

probably referring to what Shawn said, about letting Dan take the heat first,

maybe she had calmed

swallowed, suddenly unsure. "Can

were

but clear, "I said, the other night-it

Silence.

the air around her had gone quiet. Yvonne's mind was spinning in

He said it was

couldn't be.

"You-you wouldn't dare,"

sounding convinced at

dropped, serious. "You

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