Chapter 140

~~ETHEL~~My mouth dried up like the desert. The pendant sat in Keanu's palm like an accusation, catching the dim light from the cabin windows. I stared at it, and my vision blurred at the edges for a moment.This wasn't the way it was supposed to go. I had just been planning to tell him. I had promised myself I would tell him when I woke up. I opened my mouth, but nothing came out.Keanu's face wasn't angry. It was confused. His brow was furrowed, his eyes searching mine like he was trying to solve a puzzle that didn't make sense. That was almost worse than anger."Ethel." He said my name carefully, like he was trying not to spook me. "Where did you find this? This is my father's pendant. Did you find it somewhere? Did you buy it from a store?" He walked towards me. "Why didn't you tell me?""I found it at my father's apartment." I forced the words from my throat.Keanu paused. "Your father's apartment?""Yes."He looked down at the pendant, then back at me. "Where did he find it?"I

Chapter 141

~~ETHEL~~At some point through my tears, I must have fallen asleep on the arm of the couch. The sound of the door opening jerked me awake. I shot to my feet instantly, my heart lurching with a hope I knew was stupid but couldn't stop.Keanu had come back. He'd had time to think. He understood. He was going to—It wasn't Keanu.Edwards stood in the doorway, his expression neutral as he took in the scene. Me standing there with the sheets still wrapped around me, my face probably blotchy and swollen from crying."Miss Sterling," he said. His eyes flicked down to the sheets, before he turned his gaze and his body away. "I came to drive you back to the city."I stared at him for a moment, my brain struggling to process his words. I looked past him toward the dark porch. Keanu's car that had brought us here was gone. Edwards had come in a different one."What about Keanu?" I asked, my voice hoarse.Edwards paused. "From my understanding, he will come later with his car."My stomach sank.

Chapter 142

~~KEANU~~The porch was dark. I hadn't turned on the lights when I returned. I'd just sat down on the wooden floorboards, my back against the railing, and stared at nothing.My father's pendant was still in my hand. I'd been holding it for what felt like hours, turning it over and over, feeling the weight of it.Ten years of searching for it, hoping it would lead me to the murderer, and all this time it had been sitting in David Sterling's drawer. That's where it had been. In the drawer of a man who had watched my father die.The same man whose medical debts I'd cleared and pre-paid for any procedure he might need in the future. The fucking bastard must've been laughing at me the entire time.And Ethel had known the truth for three days. Three days she'd looked at me and said she loved me, and all that time, she'd known exactly who her father was.Car headlights swept across the porch, blinding me for a moment. I squinted and raised a hand to block the light until the engine cut off a

Chapter 143

~~ETHEL~~I didn't expect to fall asleep the entire night. And I didn't. I lay on the bed in Maya's guest room just staring at the ceiling until the clouds outside the window gradually turned sunny.A soft knock on the door pulled me from my thoughts.The door opened, and Maya walked in carrying a tray. "Good morning."She set the tray on the nightstand. "I ordered some muffins and made hot chocolate. Just the way you like it."I forced myself to sit up. "Thank you."She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at me expectantly. I stared at the tray, the food, the steam rising from the cup and all it did was make my stomach turn."I'm not hungry.""Ethel, you didn't eat anything last night and it's already late morning." She tilted her head. "You should at least try to have a few bites. For me.""Please, Maya. I don't want to eat."I already felt nauseous. I knew the moment I tasted anything, I was going to throw it up.She pressed the tray toward me. "Just one bite—""I said I don't wa

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