The Shepard family matter had come to an end. Have I missed something?
I stood up to clear the dishes, trying to stop the argument.
The scars Owen left on the three of us could never fade. Whenever his name was mentioned, it only meant humiliation and judgment for me.
Steven stopped me. "Maeve, Julie is pregnant."
My grip faltered, and the dishes shattered on the floor.
As if in a trance, I crouched down instinctively to clean the mess. Only when Howard called my name did I realize I was clutching the broken shards tightly in my hand.
The porcelain edges had cut deep into my palm, yet I felt nothing.
Steven was about to become a father. His first real child of his own.
But it wasn't Hailey fighting for her life, nor the unborn child just beginning to grow inside me.
It was his chi
