Adelle stood frozen, trembling all over.

How did Dan know about what happened with Mervin Burton? She'd always been so careful-how could Dan have found out?

He...

She watched Dan's back as he headed up the stairs. He didn't even pause or look

her way.

As he walked, Dan called out, "Mervin Burton is an outsider too, isn't he?"

"So it's fine for you to bring in outside help to give your Finch the upper hand, but when it comes to me, suddenly everything has to be handled 'in the family'? Since when is that fair?"

In the name of "handling things in the family"-now she wanted to close the doors? How convenient.

But back when she was the one opening the doors and inviting outsiders in, did she ever think about what kind of disaster it could bring down on Black Gate?

Adelle felt like her chest was caving in. "Is that why you brought Lacey back?" Lacey...

haunted by her-by the fear

years too... She'd

out, no one

why-until now. Thinking back, it had to


they did, it was probably impossible to keep secrets from

glanced over

saw a ruthless coldness in Dan's gaze-one that reminded her of how his mother had looked at her, the

felt her

suddenly, "You

Adelle said nothing.

You guys got caught in a landslide. He got knocked out by a falling rock, and you carried him to the

mention of that day, Adelle's

know, you spent a month

Adelle stayed silent.

"So if you had a fracture, how did you manage

Derek.

Dan called


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