Chapter 289

I calmly sipped my soup, looking across the table. "Go ahead. What is it you want to talk about?"

"I know I've spoiled Gemma," Howard began, his voice subdued, "and I know I've neglected you and your mother all these years. I can understand why you resent me."

Howard, now stripped of his usual bravado, avoided my gaze. "Harper, the mistakes I've made, they've brought nothing but misery to your mot