Page 22 of Stripping Bare
It would serve Britt, Reid, and Grif right if he gave Tessa some family background and let her loose on them. “Lemme give you the rundown. Britt has a savior complex. Grif has delusions of grandeur. And Reid has some kind of egomaniacaldisorder.”
“You don’t say,” Tessa said mildly. “And yoursisters?”
“Well, Evie is the baby, so she’s spoiled. And Micki…” Yeah, this was all fun and games until it got serious, so he just finished by saying, “…is too smart for her owngood.”
“And where does that leaveyou?”
Like hell he was going to take that bait. “It should be obvious. I’m the only normal one in thebunch.”
Tessa’s snort wasn’t particularly ladylike, but he liked it. To his disappointment, she quickly tucked away her humor and her face became serious again. “About why I’mhere…”
She was right. They needed to get back on topic. “Why would Carson accuse you of blackmailinghim?”
Tessa pointed to the other piece of paper in Jonah’s hand. “Read thatone.”
He scanned the short note signed with Tessa’s name and looked up at her. “You didn’t writethis.”
Her entire body relaxed and she leaned an elbow on the counter. “How do youknow?”
“One, I don’t think you’d be showing it to me if you had. Two, everything I’ve ever seen you sign is done with T. Martin. Sometimes T. Martin, Psy.D.” He tossed the pages onto the counter. “What’s going on here,Tessa?”
