THE HEIR'S UNWANTED BRIDE
Damien said, before I could open my mouth to answer for myself, and there was something in the flatness of his voice now that made even Margaret go quiet again.
"Your other daughter pushed her off a third floor balcony. I watched it happen. If the trellis had not held for even a second longer than it did, you would be planning a funeral right now instead of standing in this doorway asking questions you already know the answer to."
My father's face went pale in a way I had genuinely never seen on him before, not even in seven years of watching him choose the easy lie over the difficult truth.
"Damien, surely we can discuss this calmly, Vivienne is my daughter too, whatever happened tonight, I