me what he’d done to your mother. He confessed.”
William laughed bitterly.
“Don’t make it sound like I volunteered.”
Caleb shot him a look.
“Then he offered me a deal. Stay away from you until the baby was born, and he’d finally release the family trust—one-point-six million my grandfather left me, money he’s controlled since I was nineteen.”
I stared at Caleb.
“And you agreed?”
“I agreed. I told myself that once the baby was born and the trust was legally mine, he couldn’t control me with it anymore. Then
