(Jasper’s POV)
"I was never your mother. I only told you I was so it would be easy to control you. I stole you so the Stones would know what it feels like to lose a loved one, and so you would know what it feels like to be an orphan, the same way John became an orphan overnight." Morgan laughs again, and the sound is broken. "But when I came back, when I was finally strong enough to finish what I started, you know what I found?"
She releases Virginia and turns to Scarlett.
"I found that they'd replaced her. That they'd adopted some other little girl and moved on like Virginia never existed. Like she didn't matter. They were happy. Blissfully, perfectly happy."
"So you decided to ruin that happiness," I say, trying to keep my voice steady. Trying to buy time. "You convinced Virginia she
