NovelEnglish“When Russell went missing, it was the worst pain I'd ever been in,” she murmured to a deadly quiet room. “I
went mad without my son.” She set down her teacup, her hands shaking too much to hold it. “I quit my job as an
elementary school teacher in order to look for him. It had been Adam's idea to fake my death after that gas
explosion. The
Windsor family was sniffing around, and it bectoo dangerous forto be alive.”
Ava nodded, and | swallowed thickly as | processed all this new information.
“Tell them what you told me,” Adam encouraged his sister. “They are here to help us. Don’t be afraid.”
Sarah eyed Ava and thenas if she could figure out if we were trustworthy just by looking at us.
After a few moments, she cleared her throat and continued. “Five years ago, right after Russell disappeared, the
police found out about Kelly and Russell's budding relationship. They found Kelly at the hospital. She had those
horrible scratches on her face. When they questioned her, she began to sob and scream. She was inconsolable.
She couldn't even tell the police her own name.”
Sarah paused to take a sip of her tea. Gently, | set my cup down on the table. My stomach was too full of anxiety
to take another sip. | really wanted to hear more of Sarah’s story, but I didn’t want to rush her.
“It seemed like Russell's disappearance nearly killed Kelly almost as much as it broke me. They were inseparable
as children, and they were growing even closer as teenagers,” Sarah said. “We later learned from
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the school’s security footage that Kelly left with Chloe the day Russell disappeared.” Sarah’s hands tightened
around her teacup, and her eyes narrowed into slits. “That Chloe girl is trouble. She always has been. She
becobsessed with my son, and when he rejected her, Chloe set her sights on Kelly and bullied that poor girl
until she broke down crying every day after school. She would sit in my kitchen before school and cry about
having to go because of that awful girl.”
Sarah let out a deep breath and shook her head in disgust.
“Did Kelly’s grandmother ever report Chloe’s bullying to the school?” Ava asked.
“No,” Sarah said and sighed. “I didn’t even know that Chloe was the reason that she was so upset until after the
fact. Kelly and Russell refused to tell us about their problems, writing it off as silly high school-
misunderstandings, but | knew that what they were going through was serious.” Her lip trembled, and her eyes
filled with tears. “I just didn’t know how serious it was.
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Sarah's cheeks becwet, and she shakily wiped her tears away.
| handed her a clean napkin, and Adam offered to get her a glass of water from downstairs.
When he was gone, Ava and Alexander looked away from the older woman, trying to give her sspace. But |
couldn’t tear my eyes away from her. The raw pain on her face broke my heart in two.
My hands clenched into fists as | thought about how Chloe’s mother had inadvertently ruined this poor woman's
life. If Mrs. Windsor had just gotten her daughter the help she needed, and then Sarah Walker wouldn't be in so
much pain. Neither would Kelly. Who knew? Maybe Kelly and Russell would be married with a kid by now, and
Sarah could be a happy grandmother instead of hiding out at her brother's house.
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