Matthew “Correct me if I’ve interpreted this incorrectly, but you just left her there? You’re seriously expecting her to find out what the two of you are by reading a book?” My skin heated up, the sound of my mother’s irritated smack echoing through the air. I turned to her, fully prepared to voice my distaste in her actions, but found that she was already a great distance away from me, pacing from place to place. The girls were outside—thankfully—with Shane watching over them to prevent any incidents. “How else was I supposed to tell her? Do you honestly think that she would have believed me if I tried to explain it to her myself? She needs facts. Information that she can trust, because she sure as hell doesn’t trust us.” My angry snap didn’t do much to aid my cause, as m