Chapter 76

"Ma?" I asked.

"I-I... I think it might be worse than just an abusive husband, Lachlan," she said softly.

I frowned as I turned my whole body to face my mother.

"She say somethin' to you?" I asked.

Ma looked out the window for a moment and then back at me.

"Lachlan, what did Val used to tell us Arthur would say when she tried to call Maeve?" She asked me.

For a moment, I didn't answer. I did