Brayden's POV
Larissa recovered first. “Lara had a daughter?”
Nobody mentioned a child. Not in the trial. Not in the reports. Not in the police statement.
The media had painted Lara as a young, professional woman who had been cut down in her prime. There had never been any talk of a child. It was like someone had gone to great lengths to make sure that no one knew about Lara’s kid. The question was why, and who?
Margaret didn’t seem to notice the shock and confusion on our faces. She nodded as she stirred her tea, the soft clinking of the spoon against porcelain filling the silence. “Oh, yes. She had a little girl named Claire. She was the most adorable kid you’d ever meet, and so polite too.
“Like her mum, she wasn’t around much in that house so I suspect that Lara had another apartm
