THE NEIGHBOR THEY WARNED HIM ABOUT WAS ACTUALLY HIS GRANDFATHER — AND THE ATTIC BOX REVEALED THE SECRET THAT SHATTERED HIS FAMILY

as though the floor shifted beneath him.

“Take me away?”

Richard pointed toward the trunk.

“Because he was obsessed. Because he blamed me for everything. Because he would have destroyed our lives.”

“No,” Patricia whispered. “Because he knew.”

Santiago slowly turned toward her.

“Knew what?”

Her voice broke apart as she spoke.

“That your father was using another continue reading …