"FUCKING FINE! FINE!!!"
The woman's scream tore through the room, raw and breaking. Her face was blotchy red, streaked with water and snot, hair plastered to her skull in dark blonde ropes. The towel hung over her face like a shroud, heavy with water, dripping steadily onto her chest.
Aubrey held it there with one hand, unmoving.
The woman bucked in the chair, gasping, sucking air through her teeth like a drowning animal finally breaking the surface.
"I'll—" she choked, coughing hard, chest heaving. "I'll fucking… tell you. Jesus Christ— just stop with that bullshit."
Aubrey waited.
Three seconds.
Four.
Then she lifted the towel away.
Light returned to the woman's face in a harsh spill. She blinked wildly, sucking in air, tears streaming as she dragged breath after breath into her lungs. Her wrists strained uselessly against the restraints.
Aubrey leaned forward slightly, water dripping from her gloves onto the concrete.
"Talk," she said flatly.
