The Weight of Silence

Declan didn't respond and merely flicked off the inexistent lint on his pants.

Spencer, who was ignored, looked at him pitifully with teary eyes. "I know you think I'm back to get a share of the inheritance. But I know my position. I was never a Vance. So, I never dared to imagine such a thing."

He raised his hand. "I swear on my life that if I coveted even a penny of the Vance Family, I'd suffer