His Broken Confession

Cora's POV

Rage and heartbreak crashed through me.

"I was a coward. I should have told him. Should have stood up to her, to the men she brought home. But I didn't. I just stayed quiet."

"You were a child," I reminded him again.

"I was old enough to know right from wrong." He finally looked at me, and the anguish in his eyes made my heart break even more. "Even on his deathbed, I couldn't tell him