tilted o

or kn

o shrink. He lowered his hand, his rage defl

e locked on the terrified housekeeper.

ed at Liam, a desperate, pleading look. It was a look I had ne

is mother's recognition-the pieces were clicking

n finger at Liam. "Take me inside. Now." To me, h

on my cheek a dull throb com

leanor dismissed a sputtering Brenda, telling her

our wife." It was not a qu

," Liam started. "Chloe wa

name, and yourself," Eleanor cut him off, her voice like steel.

looked like a chastised little boy.

fury and deep concern. She gently touched my c

ething that solidifi

out of a burning Humvee under heavy fire. My husband was a General, but your father was the greater hero

suspicion took root in my mind and began to grow. Liam's f

ver thought I'd do. I went to an electronics store and bought a high-end nanny cam, small enough

eded to u

my car in a parking lot a mile from my h

oom. Brenda was no longer the meek,

Eleanor knows me! T

aid. The word hit me li

r since I swapped you in that hospital nursery. I gave you this life! I gave you a General for

bling hands. The screen showe

in the hospi

nda's. This whole life, his entire ide

ical. "Eleanor loves me. She'll get over it. Once Chloe is out of the picture

. "She gets nothing. She and that high-

y life with the casual air of planning a dinner party. The be

of horror and ice-cold fury. I found Eleanor in

ust handed her my phone

ut her back remained ramrod straight. When the video ended, she looked up a

spered. "Then... where is m

the air between us,

ming her. Then, her resolve hardened. "He hit you, C

ying. "No. I am your son's wife. And I

in that room, built on a foundation of