Brittany's POV

I sit up a little straighter, catching on to what he said. It's subtle, but my attention piques, mainly because they’ve never treated me badly. Actually, out of everyone here, they’ve supported me the most. Isolde, Reckoning’s mom, and another woman, have always been on my side. They’d tell Mom not to be so hard on me, insisting that things might not be what they seemed.

Naturally, their husbands overruled them, as always. Being an ol’ lady ...