Shaking even harder under Lucas's questioning, Grace looked like she was falling apart.
Fabian narrowed his eyes, clearly sensing there was more to this.
"Evelyn's disappearance—did you have something to do with it?" His tone was ice-cold, eyes sharp enough to cut through her.
Terrified, Grace dropped to her knees, frantically shaking her head. "No, it wasn't me! It was... it was Mrs. Carter!"
Realizing what she'd just blurted out, she quickly slapped a hand over her mouth and glanced at Lucas, panic written all over her face.
"My mom?" Lucas frowned, his expression tightening.
Grace kept her head down and said nothing.
Lucas didn't press further—he already had a good idea. His mother had never liked Evelyn, and her vanishing years ago was the reason he'd stayed sing
