CHAPTER 48

CARMEN

“Emily is my daughter.”

I blinked three times at Terri, my surprise lying in my eyes as I watched her eyes grow distant – she was reminiscing. There was something painful swirling on her face as well, and I knew that there was definitely something horrible covering the situation.

“I’d like to let bygones be bygones, Carmen,” she stated with a tired sigh, putting a needle in my hope and deflating it.

“I really didn’t know. It’s just… You used to work for Mariah when he met her?” I inquired, but she still remained silent, as if the last thing she was going to do was speak on it, but I was as curious as she was stubborn. There had to be something she could tell me.

“Listen, Terri. I know this might be an old wound for you, and the last thing I would want to do is open it so carelessly, but I would really like to prevent another bad thing from happening based on past events. I just want to know if Jasper told me the entire truth about the situation.”

“He would be brave to tell you