I shook my head. “Are you sure? Please do not lie to me. I know he cannot control his temper when you are around. So did he do something?”

I shook my head again and kissed him on the lips—just softly, to calm him down. “On the contrary, honey-pie, I was the one who hurt your son this time around,” I said.

He furrowed his brows. “What happened?”

“I said things I should not have said. I told him… that I was with you for money.”

Dr. Aldrich blinked. He drowned in deep ...