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 appear as if

him was

role did he

“I don’t believe you.

away from me!” Flossie said warily, pulling away from Edmund’s grasp and taking

agitation, Benny couldn’t help

forward, but Flossie’s gesture halted him

Flossie’s eyes were red, her mind a

come

please, calm down and talk

tone urgent as he attempted to

bear to

was to

her heel and strode toward the

her, she halted abruptly, her voice quivering with

“Don’t follow me.

do, I swear

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