Lucian
“The woman is paranoid,” my father muttered, voice low. “That’s why Lydia is still single. I offered for them to come live in the mansion years ago, to help keep an eye on you. I saw the change in Martha not long after we married and I claimed her. That’s when everything shifted.”
He stared off toward the wall, eyes distant. “Martha played the part perfectly. She cared for you. Loved you, for three whole years. That’s what made me stop asking Katya and Lydia to move in. I thought you were in good hands.”
His jaw tightened. “I regret that.”
He exhaled and returned to the story he’d been trying to tell.
“Back to your mother… I spent three months begging Natasha to come home. I told her she could keep everything, I just wanted her. But she wouldn’t come back. Not until she found o
