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to his death from the balcony. Blood was found around the area where he would have fallen.”
    “You thought he was dead? He didn’t try to contact you right away, or you, him?” Tyler was filled with disbelief.
    “Yes, I thought he’d died and that the waves had carried him away. Even though he was alive, he wouldn’t have known where I was, and according to him, he never went looking for me. I returned to the big house now and then, just to make sure it didn’t completely fall to ruins, but the outside of the property eventually became too much for me. Several years later, the whole story was posted in the paper again, along with the news that Sebastian had been declared dead.”
    “You didn’t even try to find out what happened to us? Are you kidding me? You knew they had children!” Tyler went to the window and wiped his face with the back of his hand.
    “I had no idea how to contact you boys. Trust me, I looked. Considering all that had happened, I felt like I’d be able to offer nothing but sad memories. I also couldn’t admit to what I had done.” She took a slow breath.
    “You’re such a piece of work! I can’t stand you!” Tyler yelled with pure venom in his voice. “Then what happened, Angelique? Did you get lonely and place a freaking ad in the paper that my father replied to?!” He turned his back to her and drove his hands into his pockets, resisting the temptation to strangle her.
    “Our meeting each other again was an accident. One day I left my motel room and walked down to the water to get some fresh air and clear my head. While there, I heard a weak voice calling my name. I followed the sound, and it led me to a very thin, disheveled, and sick man standing in the doorway of a run-down cabin. At first I didn’t recognize him, but when I studied his eyes, I knew it was your father. He didn’t look anything like the Sebastian I remembered, and he still doesn’t to this day.
    Jacob crumbled up the family photo he’d retrieved and threw it on the ground. “I’m so happy for the two of you!!!” he spat.
    “So you helped him hide for all these years, while we went through hell!” Tyler spun around and slammed his hand down on the desk. “My father could have found us!”
    “No. Sebastian was a very weak man. He was holding onto the door frame of that little cabin he’d been hiding in, with both hands. Please, that’s all I know.”
    “You were at the Montclair house before we arrived. What you’re saying about living in the motel is all lies.” Vincent’s voice cracked.
    “Eventually, taking care of that house and Sebastian was too much. I sold my car so I could have some money to survive on, so every other day I would walk to and from the cabin. He needed someone to help him. Sebastian didn’t have a functioning stove, so I went to the house to cook, but that was it. Once a week I cleaned the Montclair house. The only room I never touched was the master bedroom. I couldn’t go in there and face what I’d done to your mother.”
    “Oh, so you do have a conscience? Bullshit !” yelled Sean.
    “There was freshly baked bread on the counter and food in the fridge the day we arrived,” recalled Jacob. “You should really try to keep your lies straight.”
    “I kept some groceries in the large house so I could prepare meals to take back to the cabin for us. The day you arrived, I’d been doing some baking. While the bread cooled, I walked back to the cabin, and that’s when I discovered Sebastian on the floor. He’d taken quite a fall, and I couldn’t leave him alone.” Angelique closed her eyes.
    “Where is he?” growled Tyler.
    “I’ll take you to him. He doesn’t know you’re coming.” Her cheeks reddened, while she stood up from the chair. “I think it’d be best if you wait to talk to him when you’re not so angry.”
    “I’ll drive,” said Tyler as he stormed out of the office, the door slamming into the wall behind him.
    “Hold up, Ty!” yelled