Chapter 234

“Sarah knew that if there was any way she could rescue her son if he was still somehow alive, she would need to fake her own death,” Adam said. “Since we don’t have any money to hire a private investigator or any friends in high places that could help us investigate, it’s been a difficult road. We’ve had to rely on our own cleverness.”

“We’ve narrowed the place down to the Windsor’s apple orchard,” Sarah said, her mouth in a tight, angry line. “That’s where all the Windsor’s secrets are buried. That orchard is where my son is…dead or alive.” She put a shaking hand to her mouth and began to cry again.

Adam put a comforting arm around his sister. “We know that without money or power, we have no chance in hell at trying to overthrow the Windsor family. Our biggest fear is that if we make it known that we are poking around for evidence, it will be destroyed.”

“Because that’s what the Windsor’s are best at,” Sarah snapped. “Destroying evidence.”

“That’s why we don’t want to go to the police again,” Adam said. “Especially because they’ve never helped her before.”

I nodded, agreeing with him.

I gazed at Sarah. The older woman seemed like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders. I couldn’t imagine carrying the burden that she had for five long years. She looked physically and mentally exhausted.

Ava was stewing with anger beside me. I could tell by how tightly her arms were crossed and the way that her whole body was tensed. “I can’t

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this,” she said in a low, dangerous voice. “I personally promise that I will make


words seemed to give Adam and Sarah hope. They gazed at Ava like she was their

I really hoped that

just made my body even more tense.

made promises that we couldn’t fulfill? How much more heartbroken would Sarah and

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a motherly nurse said to Kelly. She was setting down a hospital tray with a side salad, steamed broccoli with cheese sprinkled on top, mashed potatoes with gravy, and meatloaf covered in sauce. “I’ll be the first one to admit that hospital food isn’t the best, but I bribed the cooks in

and turned away from the food. Ever since she heard Chloe was still alive, and even worse in the same hospital as her, she’s refused to

sighed. “At least drink some water for me, sweetie,”

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