I turned toward him.
“Jamie, who is Miss Rose?”
He didn’t answer.
He backed away.
One step.
Then another.
His face had drained of color.
“No,” he whispered.
Evelyn reached toward the door.
“Jamie, please—”
“NO!”
His shout startled me.
I’d never heard him sound like that.
He grabbed my arm.
“Daniel, don’t let her in.”
Evelyn began crying.
“Please, Jamie. I didn’t know what they were going to do.”
I felt a chill move through me.
“What who were going to do?”
She looked at me.
And said, “Your father wasn’t the man you think he was.”
I stared.
“My father abandoned us.”
Evelyn shook her head.
“No, Daniel.”
Her voice cracked.
“Your father didn’t abandon you. He was trying to save Jamie.”
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Martin returned from the driveway just as Evelyn began to explain.
I kept the security chain in place until I understood why she’d come.
