If she had any other choice, she would not force this issue now, but the truth was long overdue. She could not wait for another opportunity to discover the past.
"Tell me the truth, Dad. I can take it." She sat calmly on the sofa beside Alex as she faced her father, who still appeared weaker from his recent operation.
She recently realized with the aid of Alex that her father might have kept some things from her because he only wanted to protect her.
It might be his instinct as a father to shield her from anything that he thought might harm her.
However, she was not young and naive anymore. She was capable of handling the hard truths, no matter how grim it might sound. She had to know the reason behind the secrets hidden from her.
"It would seem that Cassie stumbled on a secret that I had kept from everyone. I always suspected that she was the one who told you about it." Ethan closed his eyes for a few seconds as he recalled the scenes in his mind.
