It had been almost twenty-seven years since the day Aaron lost his wife and he could remember that awful day as well as if it had been twenty-seven minutes ago.
He said such horrible things to get her to leave.
Lacy—and, more importantly, the unidentified father of her baby—were after his assets and the title of Mrs. Hale in order to control him. Their methods were despicable.
They already took out Robert Hall to get to Keeley and he didn't have a shred of real proof to convict them. He hid his suspicions and tried getting closer to Lacy in the hopes that she would slip up and reveal something with limited success.
Aaron sent Keeley away intending to keep her safely out of the tangled web of corporate espionage and sent her straight to her death instead.
