Chapter 1257 As Hell:My Step-daughter's Revelation((Taboo Sex):>Ep19

• Anne met my eyes, her gaze pleading. "Because by then, you'd become the best thing that had ever happened to us. To both of us. You were so good to her. You saw her. She wasn't something to be fixed. You became her confidant, her friend. The thought of losing you...it was the same fear all over again. We were cowards, too."
• "It was my fault," Mallory cut in, her voice husky. "I begged Mom not to tell. You treated me like my own person. I was terrified that if you knew...if you saw this," she gestured vaguely at her own body, "you'd see me differently. Or worse, you'd leave. I couldn't bear it. For either of us."
• "And the feelings?" I asked, moving into the present dilemma.