Robert turned back to his son.
— Caleb. What did you do to him?
Caleb searched for his words. In vain. Then the tears came, as in a child unable to bear the weight of a secret that was too overwhelming on his own.
"I just wanted to..." scare him. I didn't imagine that she would react this way.
Katherine left the room without a backward glance, her veil trailing behind her like a long, silent white shadow.
"She had to pay for what she had done"
Grace was left alone with her son. Maternal love brutally confronted with a reality that is difficult to accept.
— Caleb. Explain to me what happened.
He ended up meeting her eyes. His eyes, red, betrayed a mixture of anger, shame and something even more disturbing.
"She had to pay."
"Pay for what?"
His voice was cold. Posed. Unrecognizable.
