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Sharon continued, "But she's done so much for me over the years. When work got hectic and I pushed through without a break, Wendy stayed up with me until all hours. And because I hadn't secured my place as head of the family yet, she was always worried someone might try to get close to her just to use her, and she wouldn't be able to tell the difference — so she never made friends, never dated anyone. "But I know her nature. She loves noise, loves people, loves having someone to talk to. And yet at my side, she had to watch every word, tread carefully around everything. All she had was strangers online to talk to."Sharon had always felt she owed Wendy something. They'd been close friends since their school days. After Sharon married and had a child, most of her energy had gone into her family, and her contact with Wendy had faded, until months would pass without a word between them. Even when they did talk online, Sharon would often be mid-conversation when Theo started crying, a

Thomas was still keeping an eye on the Walton family's affairs, too — after getting burned once by the Walton brothers, he wasn't about to let his guard down again.Sharon agreed with his reasoning. Telling Wendy that Lesley might still be alive, only to have him turn out to actually be dead, would be a devastating blow."If — and I mean if — Lesley really is alive but announced his own death," Sharon asked, "is that because he's worried Jamie and Harley would hunt him down?""Jamie didn't kill him when he had the chance," Thomas said, "and he won't go after him now either. As for Harley, now that he's been exposed, Jamie isn't going to let him off the hook, which means Harley has bigger problems than turning around to deal with Lesley. And Lesley's actual reach turned out to be wider than I'd expected. Harley can only work from the shadows — he'd have no real chance going after Lesley head-on."Something complicated flickered across Sharon's face. "So Lesley gave up the fight for

Rick composed himself quickly. He could just as easily claim that the Waltons had lured him there too. He hadn't actually taken part in any of it — Harley really had tricked him into showing up. Even if something had gone badly wrong, none of it could be pinned on him.Afterward, he lost contact with Harley entirely. Through a few channels, he picked up word that Lesley appeared to be dead, Jamie was injured, and even Thomas seemed to have suffered something serious enough to be rushed back to Leistre. Meanwhile Sharon, the one person Rick most wanted to see in trouble, had come out without a scratch. The commotion that night had been loud enough that none of it could stay hidden for long.The moment Richard heard about it, he went straight to Rick. "Rick, do you know exactly what happened between the Waltons?"Ever since Victoria and her mother's true colors had been exposed, Richard's hair had gone gray almost overnight. He'd dyed it back to black since, but there was no hiding

Feeling Scott's gaze land on him, Rick's eyelid twitched."Thomas got hurt pretty badly in that whole business, too," Scott added, "so he came back with Sharon."Richard set down his chess piece. "In that case, let's go down and see him."Downstairs, Sharon and Thomas were already waiting in the sitting room, sitting together and talking through some wedding details. Jamie sat a short distance away, holding a tabby cat, his face blank.Partway through the conversation, something seemed to occur to Thomas, and he turned to look at Jamie."Jamie," he said, smiling, "you really have helped Sharon out a great deal these past three years. I'd say that makes you a friend of hers by now. Would you like to be a groomsman at our wedding? Can't be the groom, but standing in as a groomsman should be some consolation, wouldn't you say?"Jamie glanced at him. "You've got some nerve, inviting me to your wedding.""Why wouldn't I?" Thomas said. "Unless you're planning to steal the bride?"Jam

Rick found himself with nowhere left to turn. If he'd gone to the scene to rescue Sharon, that meant he'd already known she was in danger before it happened. So the question became: if no one had tipped him off, how had he known? And if he hadn't gone there to save her, then what had he actually gone there for?Thomas went on. "Rick knows perfectly well that was infighting between the Waltons. What does a fight within the Walton family have to do with him? What reason would he have to get involved in someone else's internal business?"The security footage had captured Rick's face too clearly for any denial. He could hardly claim Harley had invited him — saying that out loud would be as good as admitting he'd been in contact with Harley all along.Everyone in the room was sharp enough to read between the lines the moment Jamie laid out his evidence. Whether Rick had personally taken part in the violence, no one could say for certain. But that he'd been involved in this whole affair