Chapter 9

Silence settled over the living room. Lauren looked away first. Diane stared at her son, waiting for an explanation that wouldn't destroy everything. "I need to speak to him alone," I said. Lauren answered immediately. "This involves me too." "That's exactly why you can't stay in this room." She opened her mouth to argue, but Ethan told her quietly to step outside. Diane pushed herself up from the couch. As she passed my chair, she said that no matter what mistakes had been made, ten years...