Chapter 101

Brian’s gaze held a weight that made Madelyn squirm, her quilt making it impossible for her to meet his eyes.

“Why was he playing outside alone?” Brian’s voice broke the silence after a few seconds of contemplation.

Madelyn fumbled for words, her reply barely above a whisper, “I… I was preoccupied with Sofia’s trouble, and I just… I took my eyes off him, and he wandered off!”

As she spoke, her face was a canvas of remorse.” Sorry, it’s my fault. I should have watched Nate better!”

“You’re lying!” Nate’s little face flushed with anger as he accused.

Madelyn panicked and quickly turned to Brian for support. “Brian, you have to believe me. It was an honest mistake. Nate’s never gotten into trouble when he’s been with me before. It was just a lapse, I swear!”

Brian’s eyes held a complex mixture of emotions as he stared at her. After a moment’s pause, he spoke in a softer tone. “Don’t interrupt. Let Nate tell the story.”

bent over and scooped him up, cleaning the tears on his cheeks. “Tell Daddy what happened,” he soothed.

even glance at Madelyn as

form, noticing how much more articulate he seemed than before.

that?” Brian’s brows furrowed as he pressed Madelyn for an explanation.

You know I’m prone to them. I just asked him to keep it down. I didn’t say he was being annoying!”

Brian never tolerated deceit from any of the

no reason to

said, his voice low as he locked eyes with Madelyn. “Do you understand?” “Brian, I didn’t…” Madelyn began, but she could see he was pissed

manor is no longer a fitting place for you,” Brian

got pregnant out of wedlock.

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friend, Robert Smith, had vanished in a plane crash and was still

the Harris family, ashamed, turned her away. Alone and destitute, living in a company dorm without even the money for an abortion, Brian had pitied her. He’d paid for the procedure and offered her refuge to shelter from the storm until Robert returned, thinking

stopped searching for Robert despite official declarations of presumed death. Madelyn always insisted that she felt Robert was still with her and that

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