Chapter 33

“I don’t really want to bring up the car accident, though as it’s an important part of what I have to tell you, I must.” She cleared her throat. “There is no easy way to tell you this, but as you seem to have no idea about it yourself, it has fallen to me to draw your attention to it.”

Then get on with it.

He’d always been a patient man. Caring for another human being developed that quality in a person, whether they liked it or not. But sometimes, he wavered.

“I was not the only person to die in the accident,” she said.

Silence.

A crease formed between Dane’s brows. “I don’t know what you mean. There were only two of us in the car.”

“Precisely.”

Dane’s forehead started to ache. “Precisely,” he repeated, trying to comprehend what his aunt was trying to tell him.