Corrosive Truth

HAZEL

Those words have a corrosive effect. I see the exact moment they break Cade's heart. Cole seems to realize it too late. His fingers tighten around the key until the metal presses white marks into his palm.

Cade laughs once. The sound is humorless.

"You buried proof that could have freed me," he says softly. "You let me lose five years of my life. You let Hazel raise my sons believing