Ava breathed a sigh of relief when her mother finally departed. Tracy gave her a brief hug before following Grace out as she had driven the older woman to the diner. Before Tracy left she whispered she would call later to check up on her and that she was proud of her. Perhaps Ava should feel bad

“Are you implying Marilynn has been trying to kill Ava since they were children?” Silas demanded his gaze suddenly going cold and dangerous. “And you claim you knew nothing about it?” Emerson hung his head, “I have no excuse for not knowing what was happening under my own roof. But I’

“Doesn’t look like a mistake to me,” Anne said. “They’ve been like that for the past twenty minutes. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Silas smile so much, or at all.” Marilynn’s face flushed red as she met her friends’ smirking expressions. They had been waiting to rub this in her face.

Silas moaned as she gripped him stroking it, gently tugging on it. Though she was still unpracticed she had gained confidence from their last night together. He breathed deep wanting to bury himself in her but he was determined to let her have her way with him. She moved over him stro

Marilynn bit her lip wondering what she should say. Should she play dumb? Innocent? Her father never questioned her before. Something must have happened to bring this change. There was no way Ava would seek him out so they couldn’t have talked not that he would believe anything she had to say a