When we pulled up to the mansion, I tried to make a break for it, but Richard caught me, wrapping me in his arms.

I froze up as he buried his face in my shoulder, his voice shaking like I'd never heard before. "Sophia, just stay tonight."

"Just tonight."

"Please!"

That medical report I saw in the study flashed through my mind, and I felt a twinge of pity. "Fine."

The mansion felt different - dead quiet and empty without Henry, ...