Chapter 6

Rowan

I hadn’t seen him in a long time, nine years precisely. Our relationship turned sour the day his mother died. He was only ten, but I could remember how he looked at me the evening I informed him about his mother’s death.

It was as though he’d seen it for himself and didn’t want to believe my side of the story, and when he turned eighteen, he moved out of the house. He cut me off completely, didn’t return my calls or even use the money I put away in his trust fund ...