believe she had surrendered her identity.
If Ruth attempts to isolate Mara financially or emotionally, the fund must remain beyond the Ellisons’s control.
“He knew.”
“Yes.”
“He knew she would try to isolate me.”
“He feared it.”
“Why didn’t he warn me?”
“Because he believed a warning from him would cause Ruth to retaliate immediately.”
“Retaliate how?”
“By convincing Andrew that Victor was trying to divide the family.”
My thoughts returned to Andrew’s childhood.
His need for his mother’s approval.
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