CHAPTER 15: Alison
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Alison cringed when her mother came into the room. She knew that look and it never, ever meant anything good. “Mom, I’m sorry. Aunt Tiff is right. This...this mess with Harker...this contract was all my fault. I wanted to own Angel Face.” She touched Irene’s head, as the baby slept on her chest. “I had no idea what it’d be like to be a mother. I...I never should’ve done this but...I did and...I want you to know that I realize it had nothing to do with you or your house. Not really. That was an excuse I used to give myself permission to do this so that I could co-own Angel Face.” She sighed. “I was so stupid.”
“That program wasn’t all you wanted.” Aunt Tiff looked at Alison’s mother. “She still won’t admit that what she really wanted was that man.”
“I did no
