His words were like an ice cloth against her brain:
“Why don’t you quit lying, girlie?”
The battle was uneven. Perfect physical control against shattered nerves. Her close-set eyes began to ferret. She made a last effort to hide behind her sex.
“I’m not lying. I don’t know what you are talking about! You are crazy!”
Matt’s eyes stayed steadfast. He said very slowly:
“No ... it’s your aunt who is crazy!”
Her beaten nerves threw the battle back to her body. She leaped to her feet.
“She’s not. She’s not! I swear to God she’s not!”
Higgins walked over and clenched his hands into her shoulders.
“Look at me!”