SHARED CONFESSION
The Hayes lake house had always felt like a second home.
What had never felt like home were the two people currently standing in the open kitchen.
Daniel Hayes.
Rebecca Hayes.
Claire’s parents.
Recently separated. Both still living under the same roof “for the summer, until the paperwork is finished.” Daniel was forty-eight, tall, broad-shouldered, dark hair threaded with silver at the temples. Rebecca was forty-six, still striking, dark-eyed, the same sharp cheekbones Claire had inherited. They were looking at Sienna the way they had looked at her for the last three years—too long, too carefully, like they were trying not to.