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?”

she was trying to adjust her

“What?” She asked.

out of

friends,” I reminded her. “Then you found out she’s mated with your fiancé. That can’t be all that happened. What do

“She lied to me

only crime was not telling you the truth about her and

still wants him…” Irene complained. “Ethan told me that-”

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 nothing more to the

she tried to say, but I held

my eyes at my daughter. “It’s

wasn’t my fault!”

it was, but for 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 your head is in the right

and stared at the ground. She said nothing for a while, but then she sighed and

“Okay,” she whispered.

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 think she would hurt him on

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