I didn’t realize it could matter while they’re minors.”

Brian’s eyes widened.

“Dad told me that trust was dissolved years ago.”

Lauren shook her head.

“Then why is an attorney writing to him about it now?”

For the first time that night, the danger looked bigger than a single cruel gift.

Harold had not only been angry about the hunting trip.

He had been frightened of something we might discover if we kept saying no.