Curtis fixed her with a look that was hard to read.

"So, you didn't tell me," he said, too sharply. "You suspected it had something to do with the Richardson family, and you thought I would take their side. Is that it?"

Leanne replied, "I never thought that."

"Then what did you think?" Curtis pressed her, offering a chance to explain.

"I wish more than anyone that your family wasn't involved. If I could, I wouldn't want to suspect Mary, Maddox, or Jennifer."

"How do you expect me to react when you say you suspect my family of being behind your parents' demise? And how am I supposed to face you or Grandma if they were innocent?"

Mary had always been so kind to her, and so had everyone in the Richardson family.

A sourness filled Leanne's nose, and warmth rushed to her eyes. She pinched the joint of her thumb and forefinger as if it could ease a little of the pain.

Getting you into this means asking you to choose between believing them

and walked over to her, crouching before her. His fingertips gently wiped away the tears spilling from the corners of her eyes. "Whether it's difficult for me is

fell even harder,

away until his palms were

I have only one

tear-blurred eyes to

one knee before her, his gaze

my back, already deciding that if it turns out my family is indeed behind

close to

like her heart was breaking, more painful

always avoided thinking about this question, evading

truth or reaching a dead end, she didn't want to

about it," she

him, refusing to let her escape. "Then I'm asking you now. If that day comes, will you leave

left Leanne with no

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