Liam
For a few seconds, none of us spoke.
Then Jacob said, “Ruth will try to get to Leah.”
“Yes,” I said.
“She’ll call it concern.”
“Yes.”
“She’ll call Lizzie confused.”
Daniel’s mouth tightened. “She already did.”
I looked at him.
Daniel lifted both hands.
“I didn’t agree with her.”
“Good.”
His eyes narrowed. “You are very bossy for a man who joined this family last week.”
“I joined it thirty years ago. You are late to the meeting.”
Jacob made a sound that might have been a laugh.
Daniel stared at me.
Then, despite everything, he smiled.
Small.
Brief.
Real.
“I deserved that,” he said.
“Yes.”
A uniformed officer approached.
“Detective Ramos asked me to let you know Ms. Lockhart is being transported for formal questioning.”
Daniel flinched.
Jacob did not.
I did not
