Signed, Sealed, Sinful
I looked at my brother — twenty years old, sharper than anyone gave him credit for, carrying his own guilt about the years he had lost direction and the weight that put on me — and I decided to be honest.
"Yes," I said. "Partly."
He absorbed that; then: "Does he know about the file?"
"He read it yesterday; he was in the room when I confronted Richard."
"And he didn't know before."
"I believe that; yes."
Samuel sat back and rubbed the back of his neck. "So his father covered it up, and his father hired you out of guilt, and you're married to him through a contract that is also partly connected to this family—" He stopped, blew out a slow breath. "Lara, this is a lot."