“Emotional instability?”
Cormac’s face turned dark.
“They were building a case against you.”
“Why?”
Nobody answered.
Then Sawyer walked into the room.
He was holding something.
“Aunt Maddie…”
Everyone turned.
In his hand was a small memory card.
“I found this inside Mom’s phone case.”
Rowan’s face changed.
“Give that to me.”
For the first time all night…
she sounded afraid.
Sawyer stepped back.
“No.”
The room became silent.
Cormac took the memory card.
Inserted it into his laptop.
A video appeared.
Recorded six months earlier.
My father’s voice filled the room.
Even after seven years…
I recognized it instantly.
“Rowan, if Madison finds out the truth, everything falls apart.”
My blood ran cold.
Then Rowan answered:
“She won’t.”
A pause.
“She trusts me.”
My sister’s voice.
