Chapter 14: The Truth Gwen Carried

Nobody spoke for a long moment.

Then Leo looked at Gwen.

“You knew?”

“I didn’t know about the letters then,” she said quickly. “I was away at college, and Mom had already decided I was a disgrace. Nobody told me anything unless they had to.”

Her voice shook.

“Andrew called me after they moved. He was frantic. He told me you were pregnant and that Mom wouldn’t let him go back.”

“I just wanted him to stay,” I whispered.

“I know,” Gwen said. “But I didn’t know the truth until much later. By then, she had already lied to both of you.”

Leo stared down at the box in his lap.

“So that’s it?” he asked, his voice small in a way I hadn’t heard since he was little. “He wanted us, and all this time we thought he walked away?”

Gwen wiped her face.

“He didn’t walk away.” Continue Reading ⬇️