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“Liv,” she heard.
She leaned against the office door.
“Liv, what’s wrong?” Will said, standing up at his desk.
She didn’t answer - her body trembling.
“What happened? Why are you barefoot?” he said, walking closer to her. “Liv, your lip is bleeding.”
“I..I..” she said, reaching up to touch her lips.
“You’re shaking,” he said. “Come, sit on the couch. Tell me what happened.”
She sat down on the couch and looked at her hands. She’d broken a nail; hopefully, it was in Byron Ray’s eyeball.
“I had a meeting with Representative Ray,” she said.
Will’s whole body tensed.
“All of his staff had left for the day,” she said, tears pooling in her eyes.
“Did he do this?” Will said, his eyes studying her face. “Are these his fucking handprints on your arms?”
Liv looked down at her arms - bruises had already formed. Her neck was on fire; she reached her hand up and touched it.
“Are these his fucking handprints around your neck?” Will said. He was on his feet now. “I’m going to murder him. Is he in his office?”
“Will,” she said, pleading. “Sit.”
“Did he...” Will asked, his voice wavering.
“No...no,” she said. “Not for lack of trying - a page came by.”
“Fuck, Liv,” he said. “We need to call the police.”
“It’s my fault,” she said, tears rushing down her cheeks.
“Nothing about this is your fault,” he said, sitting down beside her and taking her hand. “Do you hear me - nothing!”
“You tried to warn me,” she said.
He closed his eyes.
“I should have told you the whole story,” Will said, letting out a heavy sigh. “There were rumors about Byron in law school. It was all vague, but I knew a lot of women who weren’t comfortable around him. I suspected things, but I didn’t have any proof. I didn’t think it was fair to tell you when I didn’t know for sure.”
She leaned down and put her head in his lap. He stroked her hair while she cried.
“Will you report him?”
“I don’t know.”
“He’ll do it again,” he said, softly.
“It will ruin my career.”
