Aileen cleared her throat. ‘Why lie about the ring being fake then?’
Her grandmother smirked. ‘If we’d told the truth, your father would have been taken away to another family and I’d have rotted away in prison.’
Siobhan continued. ‘We told everyone the ring was made using a semi-precious stone. And I hardly ever wore it out for people to see. When Eddie was gone, I brought the boys to Loch Fuar and hid the ring, spinning a tale of how it reminded me of my late husband.’
She laughed a sarcastic laugh. ‘Locking a ring away could never separate my thoughts from Eddie.’
With that, Siobhan caressed her wedding ring with such love it felt too intimate to witness.
‘Siobhan’s something!’ Callan said, smiling at the thought of the old woman’s youthful law-breaking.
Aileen huffed out a breath
