"What does it matter?" Scott asked harshly. "You obviously thought I was guilty. What changed?"

He was staring at her so fiercely that Nancy almost forgot to breathe. She drew in a ragged breath. "I just… when I thought about you dying, I got really upset. I couldn't bear the thought of losing you," she admitted. "I want you to be innocent. I want to trust you."

Scott looked surprised by her admission but didn't say anything. He was so silent in fact, that Nancy was almost sure she had upset him.

"Did I… say something wrong?" she asked timidly.