POV (ALEC)
There is an old saying that once you have exhausted all possible outcomes, the impossible is all you are left with to ponder. And no matter how much you try to ignore it, it continues to eat at you. To consume you whole to the point where the only logical choice is to accept it as truth and fact, even if it could destroy you.
Was that it, was that what Oliver was doing? Throwing out every possible reason for Abelia's actions and leaving me only with this insane one. That Abelia killed Richard to protect me. But to protect me from what? That was the true mystery to his outlandish statement, and I was unsure if I were willing and able to listen to him explain why he believed such a thing. For I was tired, frustrated and in desperate need of sleep and maybe even a warm bath. To
