His jaw clenched in anger. “You have absolutely zero idea what kind of war you are starting.”
Rose finally broke her silence. “Just sit down, please.”
I glared at her. “Did you ever intend to reveal the truth to me?”
She burst into tears. “I really wanted to tell you.”
John interrupted loudly. “Because the second you found out, outsiders might discover it too.”
I shot back, “The ancestry website proved Rose was not my mom, Lily was just a cousin, and I belonged directly to Jane’s bloodline. That is exactly why you freaked out. Because the deceased infant listed in the financial records was suddenly alive again.”
Jack glared at his dad. “What inheritance money are you talking about?”
I asked John, “How much did you actually know regarding Jane’s passing?”
Rose let out a devastated whimper. John’s expression shifted drastically.
It was not a look of shock. It was a look of cold strategy.
I leaned closer to him. “Perhaps you did not initiate this massive cover-up. But you absolutely helped sweep it under the rug.”
He defended himself, “I kept this household safe.”
I scoffed loudly. “You just protected your own power.”
