Chapter 15 A Mother's Worst Fear

• Julia
• As soon as those words tumbled out through Ryan's lips, I felt my whole carefully concealed truth start to unravel before my eyes, and what's even more excruciatingly painful was the fact that there was nothing I could do about it.
• Lucien turned to look at me, wide-eyed, and in the corner of my eye, I saw Olivia coming down the stairs. I felt my heart beating wildly in my chest; I could almost swear they could hear it.