Chapter 267

Margo moved toward the sofa, still clutching the photo. Her voice trembled as if she were speaking only to herself.

“You asked my son to take responsibility… to marry the daughter of the woman Roman had harmed. I was the one who opposed it the most. For what? A marriage born of guilt, of obligation?” She let out a bitter laugh. “I never realized you had something else in mind, Mother.”

She paused,