Chapter 24: Get Out

A piece of paper floated down from Laney's face and was seized by her pale hands. It was a posthumous paper that Matilda left to Samuel before she died, knowing that her time was coming. “Samuel, I should be gone by the time you see this letter. I don't know if my death will appease you. I didn't leave you on purpose. It was Laney who forced me to leave. There was nothing between me and Aaron. Rebecca is your child, she inherits my leukemia, and I dared not let you know. I had to beg Aaron...