Chapter 0261

She nodded and stared down at her hands, tugging her fingers nervously. I knew it was now or never, I needed to ask her the question weighing on my mind.

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“What exactly did you see earlier, Irene?” I asked. “You said you saw Judy shooting him?”

She nodded and turned to face the.

“She did it on purpose.”

I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair. I knew Judy and I knew she would never hurt spite.

“She wouldn’t do that,” I murmured, shaking my head.

Irene folded her arms across her chest and glared at me.

“She can’t be trusted, Daddy,” Irene stated simply.

“What do you have against Judy?”

times like she was trying to

“What?” She asked.

especially out of

with your

Irene murmured. “She lied to me and betrayed

you the

wants him…” Irene complained. “Ethan told

lied to you, Irene,” I told her firmly. “If you are to be mad at Judy, then you should be just as mad at him as well. It’s not fair to her that you are treating her like she did something wrong. She didn’t want to hurt you, that’s why she didn’t tell you. There’s

tried to say, but I held

lay off her, Irene,” I said, narrowing my eyes at my daughter. “It’s not healthy for either of you to keep this grudge going. Matt was injured

wasn’t my fault!”

right now, we need to start thinking about him and not about our selfishness,” I told her. “Do you think you can get over yourself for the sake of your brother? He’s going to need you these next few weeks while I’m gone, and I’d like to leave knowing

at the ground. She said nothing for a while, but

“Okay,” she whispered.

you see?” I asked again, hoping her answer would be different this time. She was quiet for a moment, still fixing her eyes on the ground but then she lifted her gaze to look at mine, tears filling her blue eyes. “It was a mistake,” she whispered. “Judy was the one who pulled the bow back and shot the arrow into his leg, but she was looking at the target. Her timing was off… I don’t

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