Squinting, Edmund’s expression turned fierce.

“She was a threat to you,” he asserted firmly.

Those words sent a shiver down Flossie’s spine, causing sweat to bead on her back.

How could the father she had longed for turn out to be so ruthless?

Observing Flossie’s fear, Edmund continued in a softer voice, “I didn’t intend for her to die.

She fell off the cliff on her own.

She shouldn’t have tried to escape.

Please, trust me, my dear daughter.

“I don’t!” Flossie shook her head, her gaze fixed on Edmund, her expression a mixture of confusion and disbelief.

once seemed so gentle and trustworthy now

of him was the true

role did he

“I don’t believe you.

Flossie said warily, pulling away from Edmund’s grasp and taking two cautious

Benny couldn’t help but

forward, but Flossie’s gesture halted him

Flossie’s eyes were red, her

won’t come any

calm down and talk

urged, his tone urgent as he attempted to

bear to

for was to escape this suffocating

her heel

trailing closely behind her, she halted abruptly, her voice

“Don’t follow me.

do, I swear I’ll kill

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