Ava stared at him, quiet. She knew whatever he was about to delve into was highly personal to him, and she didn't know if she was ready to hear it, if she could handle it. She acted on the first signal her brain sent her.
She took his hands, and interlaced her fingers with his.
"I'm so sorry to hear that" she sympathized.
Luke nodded, and continued.
"My mother was my father's mistress for a while, then she got pregnant with me. Pharrell tried to get her to lose the baby, but she thought she'd use me to get into the family."
"You know, my father was already married to Beatrice then, and they had Matthew. My mother had me, and returned to the family with me, which caused a serious rift in Pharrell and Beatrice's marriage."
Ava listened with rapt attention. She didn't thin
