Chương 27
Then Henry, younger again: “I’m trying to protect you.”
“No.” A breath. “You’re trying to protect the version of yourself that didn’t see this coming.”
Daniel’s throat closed.
His mother continued.
“If you take the watch, take it somewhere safe. Don’t sell it. Don’t let Malcolm touch it. And when the children are old enough, tell them what we did.”
What we did.
Not what Malcolm did.
Not what Henry did.
What we did.
His mother had carried some part of it too.
Maybe she had signed documents without reading them. Maybe she had accepted explanations because she loved her husband. Maybe she had been too tired to fight.
Daniel wanted to be angry with her.
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Instead he could only picture the frayed cuff of her blue robe.
The recording ended.
