Ashton's POV 

“I wasn’t rude,” Rachel snapped. “I asked questions. They refused to answer and were clearly being evasive. I had to be stern.”

“You didn’t have to be rude, you chose to be,” my mother replied, her voice like steel. “And how exactly were they lying? Or is it because you already had Damien’s version of the story and came here to push his agenda instead of seeking the truth?”

Rachel said nothing. “You think your father can shield you because he ...