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“I shouldn’t have assuust in myself evident by my tone “I should have kept a better eye on them I should have chosen to protect them”

The only sense I get fro of her eyes onthis talk noas the right thing to do There’s no e could have gone down the path ere destined for without giving her the privilege of being fully informed of my perfidy

Anna lets out a shaky breath Dipping her head, she stares at her hands where they are folded in her lap Her voice quavers a bit “Thank you for sharing that with me”

“You don’t kno sorry I ae the circumstances”

She refuses to look at ine, and I think I’ve told you before that I’d never wish anything to change for you so they could change for h”

It’s the long silence that letsmore to say to ize I’d do it as penance if I thought it would help, but the distinct i from Anna is she would like to not have to suffer in iven her far too much to think about, and in no way can she do so withnext to her

The man who killed her husband

Quietly, I get up from the couch and head to the door I don’t expect her to stop et what I deserve as I leave… nothing fro ood half hour on et in early because I have is to do

Not anything to do with my actual work duties for Kynan and Jameson, but important all the same

I didn’t get a wink of sleep last night Malik’s confession leftin a hundred different directions as I tried toand turning—punctuated by feeding Avery and getting her back to sleep—I finally realized there could be no clarity until I knew the absolute truth

The only thing I knew for sure is I only had one side of the story—Malik’s—and there’s always more than one side Or maybe I’m so desperate to disbelieve Malik that I want to believe he’s wrong