Should she tell Hiram that Tricia was his real sister? That it was his own sister who had driven his family to ruin, step by step?

What a cruel truth that would be for Hiram to hear.

Evander pressed his lips together, drew in a deep breath that made his chest rise, then slowly exhaled. “Have you ever considered that you’re not actually the Sterlings‘ biological daughter?”

She answered calmly, “I’ve known that for a long time.”

“For a long time?”

Charlotte stood, unhurried and collected, and faced him directly. “Yes, for a long time. Even though they were only my adoptive parents, I was the reason they were caught up in all of this. They could have survived, if not for me.”

Her composure finally wavered, her eyes reddening as she fought to keep her emotions in check.

Each time Evander heard those words, it felt like a lead weight pressing against his chest, a constant reminder that he was the one who’d set all

this in motion.

He was the guilty one.

He stood there, motionless, letting her vent her grief and anger. Only when her trembling had faded a little did he finally speak, his voice hoarse. “I’m sorry.”

He didn’t know what else to say. Apologies were all he had left.

her fists tightly and avoided meeting his sorrowful gaze. “Save your apology for

face, as if trying to see past her cold mask and catch some flicker of tenderness for

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long silence, he let out a soft, bitter

shabby motel on the outskirts of town,

she

wore a hat and sunglasses, her face almost entirely hidden.

that man–smoking, something she’d carefully hidden from Evander to

the money, right?” Tricia

it all went to my dad’s account. He won’t let me

her. “Eight million, and you only got three hundred

a business–who knows what he’s really planning.

partly. She wasn’t stupid. She knew Tricia

controlled the cash; neither she nor her mother could

dime without his say–so.

lost all trust in her, she would never have stooped to working

better than to trust a word from

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