“He’s not a failure,” Logan chokes out. “He’s not broken. He’s just—”
“Enough.” Harrison waves a hand dismissively. “Your defense of him is touching, if misguided. But this is a family matter, Mr. Reeves, and you are not family. You never will be.”
The words hit Logan brutally. He staggers back a step, face crumpling, and for a moment he looks like a man who’s just watched everything he loves turn to ash.
And then something unexpected happens.
“He’s right.”
The words come out of my mouth before I can stop them, and suddenly everyone is looking at me — Harrison with curiosity, Logan with betrayal, Gale with a desperate, pathetic hope that makes my stomach turn.
“Logan is right,” I clarify, and my voice is steady even though my heart is pounding. “About you making Gale what he is. The
