I never married because I spent my life raising my sister’s twin sons alone. But what they did after turning eighteen left me completely frozen.

me.

Then I folded Grace’s letter and slipped it back into the envelope.

“No,” I said quietly.

Lucas frowned.

“What do you mean, no?”

“I don’t owe you forty thousand dollars.”

Ethan crossed his arms.

“You lived here for free.”

I almost laughed.

“For free?”

My voice was steady now.

“I was twenty-six when your parents died.”

“I sold my car so I could pay for your continue reading …