"Then why the prompt?" Juniper asked, looking at Tess directly. "Why force us to sit here every year if he felt nothing?"
Then Elena laughed again—but this time, it was softer. Almost real. "The baby of the family grew teeth." henti incest
"Forgiveness is a luxury of the one who wasn't bleeding," Elena said. Her voice cracked, just once. "Then why the prompt
She looked at Juniper. Juniper looked back. For a moment, they were not the ice queen and the gardener. They were two girls who had survived the same storm, standing on opposite shores, finally waving at each other. "The baby of the family grew teeth
"I'm not here for the money," Juniper said, standing. Her chair scraped the floor. "I'm here because no one else will say that he was a monster. But Elena, you won't say it because admitting he hurt you means admitting you're still hurt. Sam, you won't say it because your book is a lie, and you've built your whole new life on that lie. And Tess—" Juniper's voice wavered. "Tess, you could have warned us what he was like at the end. But you didn't. Because you wanted Sam to see you as his savior, not as another one of Dad's possessions."
Tess met her gaze. "Because he couldn't stand the thought of you all being happy without him."