Suzanne froze, then looked at her, half crying, and said, "I'm sorry, Jill. I should have known about this earlier and stopped your dad."

Fury flamed in Jermaine. He said, "As soon as Suzanne found out about this, she said she wouldn't let you go to the Leach family and asked Selene to go for you. She treats you like her own daughter, and you curse her to die?"

"And Selene risked offending the Leach family to help you escape, inquired about your well-being early in the morning, ...