Chapter 367 Chatting Themselves Into Silence

• "Miss Hale, don't be nervous."
• Cody seemed to read her thoughts; he offered the reassurance then slowly withdrew his gaze. Six years older than Charlie, he was upright, handsome, mature—an utterly rational man who put clan interests first. His marriage to Phoebe had been pure business: a bridge between the Hawthorne and Harrison families. No talk of love; they had always been courteous strangers.
• Phoebe's accident left him regretful—but only that. His mind was already on damage-control and how to explain matters to the Harrison family.