Hayley said as soon as she reached the table in the corner of the diner. “Don’t lie to me. I know!” Startled, Katie looked up from her cup of tea. “What do you -” “I know what you’re doing,” Hayley said again, taking a seat. “I overheard enough from Simon and the others to put two and two together. Plus, you weren’t anywhere to be seen last night, and Simon didn’t complain about you not showing up, which means you did show up but…” She paused. “You went below, didn’t you?” “I don’t know what you mean.” “Bull! I told you about the Border’s next level as a warning. It never occurred to me that you’d be so goddamn stupid as to actually go down there for a shift!” “You don’t know what you’re talking about,” Katie replied, looking back down at her cup. She didn’t want to meet Hayley’s gaze, because she knew that then her lie would be plain to see. “So what did they do to you?” Hayley asked. Katie shook her head. “Was it bad?”
