Daniel’s jaw worked.
“Claire, I didn’t come here to stir up family matters. I came because what happened tonight made me realize there are things I should have asked sooner.”
Richard’s gaze sharpened. “Such as?”
When My Family Turned Away, the Uncle They Mocked Walked In at 2 A.M.
Daniel hesitated.
Then he looked at me, not at Richard.
“Such as why your parents told my family that you were living out of state.”
The room seemed to go quiet in a new way.
“I live twenty minutes from them,” I said.
“I know that now.”
Noah made a tiny sound in his sleep. Evelyn adjusted him, but her attention stayed fixed on Daniel.
“My mother asked about you last month,” he said. “She remembered meeting you years ago at a charity luncheon. Your mother told her you’d moved away and weren’t close to the family anymore.”
I felt as if someone had opened a door inside me and revealed another locked door behind it.
