Lullaby (Fable Saga Book 2)
“No one knows exactly why Hugh killed himself, but Bea blames Mrs. Leyton, and the rest is history.”
“He hung himself?” I say.
“Yes,” my mom says, her eyes widening in momentary surprise. “So you do know about it then.”
“No, I…” I struggle to find the words. The image just struck me, cold and raw as a jolt of electricity, clear as day. A crisp Fall day. The cabin in the forest, wreathed in red roses. A handsome young man swinging from the lowest branch of the giant oak tree on the edge of the clearing. The tree with the love seat. That same tree I’ve stood beneath countless times, checking in with my mom on the phone, oblivious to the shadow, the lingering dark. I can see him now. The noose
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