Forty Eight - Mayor of Madison

My breath caught in my throat and for a second it felt like I couldn't breathe. I took a step back away from Eric involuntarily. The room felt smaller, hotter.

"Genevieve's," I repeated, surprised that I had even been able to find my voice among the shock that rolled through my body in waves. "You know a secret of Genevieve's?"

How was it possible that Eric knew more dirt on my family than I did?

"To be fair, it's not only Genevieve's," he said. He looked so guilty, so sorry. "It was your father's too. Genevieve and your father's."

"You have to tell me," I said. "I can't go and ask Genevieve about it. She's sick and disoriented and I won't be able to get her alone with Elise there."

"I can't," Eric said.

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