Chapter 35

"Assaulted!" I exclaimed wondering what he meant. "What do you mean by assaulted"

"He sexually assaulted her" my father explained and as he spoke I found myself shaking my head, I didn't think Ethan could, I remember the rage in his eyes when William tried to and how much he kept apologizing.

"Ethan would never!" Blurted as my father's eyes narrowed at me.

"Are you calling your Cousin Mary a liar?" my father asked and I shook my head.

Mary was my father's late sister's daughter, she spent a great time of her life with us, she was like a sister to me and one thing I was sure about is that Mary would never lie about such a thing.

"No Mary would never' I corrected myself, starting to accept Ethan for the monster he may be, Jennifer's words suddenly rang in my head "Be careful with Ethan' I remembered she said..

.Promise me you will stay away from him," My father requested and I nodded feeling disgusted by Ethan.

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The day of the grand opening:

I stood nervously staring at t