HER FATHER PUSHED HER INTO THE FOUNTAIN AT HER SISTER’S WEDDING—THEN HER SECRET HUSBAND WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR

I chose to come.”

He sat beside her, careful not to overwhelm her. “And now?”

She stared at the city lights outside. Manhattan sparkled like nothing ugly ever happened inside beautiful buildings.

“Now I stop protecting them from the truth.”

Alexander studied her. “Which truth?”

“All of it.”

He nodded once.

He understood.

For years, Mariana had kept her family continue reading …