“What happened?”
“Raymond's lawyers have submitted additional material.”
My stomach tightened.
“What material?”
“An old letter from Eleanor.”
I closed my eyes.
Celia continued.
“He claims it proves that Eleanor knew Julian was his biological son and that Thomas deliberately concealed the relationship.”
I stared at the photograph of Raymond.
For the first time, I understood the full cruelty of what he was doing.
A man who had refused to acknowledge his own child was now using that child to try to take money from the woman whose husband had helped raise him.
And I decided, right then, that I was finished being frightened of Raymond Ward.
CHAPTER 6: THE MAN WHO ABANDONED HIS SON CAME FOR MY FORTUNE—BUT HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO DO
The next Saturday, I had lunch with Julian and Lucy.
I had barely slept the night before.
Not because I was afraid of Raymond.
