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At least not right now.

My mother could read my expression, and her gaze softened.

“It wasn’t fait of me to ask you to get Ethan’s help, and it wouldn’t be fair of me to ask you to get Gavin’s. help. So, I’m doing my part and trying to get help without making our family look pathetic,” she

explained. “This is something I have to do. If all goes well, I should be able to get him out of prison in a few months and we can be a family again.”

Tears slipped down my cheeks as I nodded, not sure what else to do or say.

She cupped my face with her warm hands and brought my face up to meet her gaze.

“But I think you should go to that mansion and take him up on that offer,” she continued.

I narrowed my eyes at her.

“What?” I asked, shocked. “I can’t just leave you here..”

“I’ll be fine, sweetie,” she assured me. “But I know things aren’t okay for you here and I don’t want to subject you to any more of this. I know your injury wasn’t an accident and I’m so sorry to put you in this position.”

I shook my head.

“No, it’s okay, Mom. It truly was an accident…”

“You can’t lie to me, Judy,” she told me, releasing her hold on my face. “I only want what’s best for my family and for right now, I think you living in the Landry mansion would be best. Once your father is out of jail, we will get back on our feet. We will get a new home and be a family once again. But until then, I think this would be best.”

I bit my lower lip as more tears slipped out of my eyes.

I whispered

and wrapped me in

had ever made. I love being your adopted mother and I’m so

wiped my

her, knowing just how true

or his family and now my mother was a victim to them. There was nothing I could do about

moment, my mother opened the bathroom

meant he hadn’t heard the conversation. I followed my mother out of the bathroom and down the hallway until we reached the parlor; we heard the voices of the Cash family as they spoke every excuse known to man to Gavin

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I got

help but roll my eyes.

started to subside as their attention was fixed on

she cared.

looked pissed. He could see through

about you get back to your room and rest for

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and she gave me

I nodded.

I murmured. “Good night.”

the door shut behind me, it reopened and then shut. I turned and saw Gavin following

you here any longer,” he told me, fully expecting that I

I nodded.

told him,

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