Chapter 105. Connection

Author’s POV

“Look, Lea. Today, I am going to take a skeleton out of my closet. You need to see it because you and I might soon share the same family name. I did not kill your parents. Everybody thought I did, but I never left the need to clarify. But now I do. Whether you believe me or not is up to you.” She stepped a bit closer, held Lea by her shoulders, and forced her to sit down before sitting down by her side. “I would have never killed them... never could have because...” Lea’s frown intensified as Elizabeth struggled to find her words. It was a rare sight. “…because I was in love with your father. And so was he!”

Lea felt like her guts did a somersault and wanted to jump out from her mouth while choking and pulling her heart along.

“What nonsense are you spewing woman!” Lea literally knocked off the stand with the drip as she stood up.

“It is true. It took me a lot of courage to confess. I have seen many men over the years. Even after