(Reese)
Nobody moved for a long moment.
Victor picked up his fork and finished the last of his dessert.
Like he hadn't just dismantled everything.
Marcus was the first to speak.
"Dad."
One word. Quiet. The particular quiet of someone who had been dreading this moment for so long that now it was here he didn't have the language for it yet.
Victor looked at his son. "I'm not angry with you. I'm angry that you didn't trust me enough to tell me yourself."
Marcus didn't answer.
Victor looked back at Ethan. "I know who you are. I've known longer than you'd be comfortable with. I had you looked into the moment Marcus started disappearing on weekends without explanation." He set his fork down. "I'm a man who built everything I have by understanding the people around me. You think I couldn
