Anyta Everett's voice rose higher, raw and sharp. "Do you think I wouldn't have wanted him? Do you think I wouldn't have been here if I had known?" I stepped forward, rage burning. "You weren't interested to know! You just wanted the Ashbourne name, your pride, Siena and her demons. You let them push me out like trash, and you remained there. That was your choice. That's when you lost us." His teeth were clenched, his fists bunched at his waist. For a moment, I thought he would break something, the way his chest was pounding with rage. "You think you can erase me?" he snarled. "You think you can cut me out of his life like I never was?" "You weren't there," I snapped back. "Not when I needed you. Not when he needed you. Don't even bother trying to rewrite history, Everett. You can't c

