Shattered Facade

Claudia froze for a second, then quickly asked, "Tristan, what are you doing here? I mean, what brings you back?"

She put on her loving mother facade.

Tristan let out a cold laugh. The deeper he dug, the scarier his mother seemed.

She didn't even let a four-year-old off the hook, and still managed to keep her hands spotless. Even the police never suspected a thing.

He really had underestimated his