“If you want me to say that this whole mess was Ethan’s fault, so you’ve got an excuse to get rid of him, forget about it, cause I’m not doing it. For starters, because of everybody involved, Ethan is probably the least to blame. And kicking out a boy who’s only just lost his family and who’s got nowhere else to go…”
She took a deep breath, unsure what to say now. Because Holly was not the sort of person to make moral judgments. She’d seen and experienced too much in her life for that.
“…that’s just not right.”
Arthur Madden gave her a thoughtful look. “Don’t worry, I’m not planning on kicking Ethan out,” he said, “After all, I gave his father my word I’d look after him.”
Okay, so it was something s****l. No matter, she still wasn’t doing it.
“However, your concern for young Ethan and
