MARKED BY THE WRONG BROTHER
“And you let me believe nothing was happening.”
Eleanor’s expression softened, but she didn’t move closer.
“It wasn’t your time to know,” she said gently.
Theo laughed once in what felt like a short, broken sound.
“Not my time?” he repeated. “My child is gone and it was never my time to know?”
That sentence hung in the air and even Eleanor didn’t respond immediately. Theo ran a hand through his hair, pulling slightly at the strands as if trying to hold himself together.
“You people decide everything,” he said, quieter now but shaking with contained fury.