“Is that why you let Claire in the house?” Amy pressed. “You want to prove she’s a faker?”
Amy was a smart little girl. Very perceptive.
I realized that my lies by omission were not going to work here.
“Yes,” I admitted. “But I shouldn’t have done it without asking you.” I felt very badly about this. “Stay here. I’ll find a way to get rid of her.”
I started to scooch backwards, out from under the table when Stacy said, “Wait.”
She looked at her sister and then at me. Blinking hard she cleared the tears from her eyes. “I want to help.”
Damien’s POV
While Annette went to retrieve the girls, I stayed in the living room with Claire. I wanted to check in on Stacy myself, to make sure she was okay with all of this, but I wasn’t about to leave Claire anywhere in my house unsupervised.
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