Chapter 45Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 2006"I set the house on fire," said Paisley. "I did it so Grogan wouldn't have to leave."
Everyone in the living room listened with silent intensity. Even when Celeste dropped the car keys on the entryway slate, every eye and ear in the room remained trained on Paisley.
She looked at E.Q. "I knew you were going to send him away the next day." She looked down at the floor. "I couldn't stand the thought of losing him.
"So I came up with a plan. I thought, if Grogan did something to save the family, you'd have to let him stay.
"After what he'd done, it was the only way I could think of that you'd let him stay."
Paisley got up from the arm of the sofa on which she'd been sitting. Bracing her hands on her back, she waddled around and dropped down o
