He sat across from me.
“I never imagined in a million years that our life would end like this.”
“Neither did I, Brandon.”
He looked down at his hands.
“I’m in therapy now, Elena. I know I made terrible mistakes. And I know I was wrong about your mother.”
I looked directly at him.
“You weren’t wrong about her, Brandon.”
He frowned.
“Being wrong means you honestly believed something that turned out not to be true. But you knew Liam had that money the entire time. You knew Mom didn’t
