He tried to think rationally, but darker possibilities kept flooding in. If this person wasn’t family, why did she visit them so faithfully? And why couldn’t she trust Ethan with the truth? The betrayal stung—but beneath it all, another feeling surged, sharper and colder. He was afraid.
Fear surged for Lina and for their baby. If she’d hidden this from him, what else was buried in her past? And if this mysterious connection had anything to do with today’s disappearance, then they both could be in danger—maybe even right now. He felt the answers slipping further away.