was too keen on the idea that her father had an affair with a married woman. “I guess I really can’t blame George for my sister-in-law’s penchant for younger men.”
“I take it you’re referring to Madeline?”
“Madeline married my brother for his money,” Art replied abruptly, taking Taryn’s leading question and following along, although she wasn’t fooling herself into thinking he didn’t know what she’d done. He appeared cunning and very sure of his abilities to give the information he wanted to give…not what they truly wanted. At this point, Taryn would take what she could get and then move on to someone else. The answers were here. They just needed unearthed. “She was manipulative and never satisfied. Her pastime was sleeping with younger men in order to make herself feel beautiful, regardless of the fact that my brother was working eighteen to twenty hour days to make his company a success so that she could live in the lavish lifestyle she preferred.”
“So my father was one of these…men…that you’re referring to.” Taryn felt slightly sick to her stomach and set the mug on her leg. “I know this conversation must be hard for you considering Charles was your brother, but I need to know if their affair resulted in a child.”
Art didn’t reply right away, giving Taryn her answer. She wasn’t sure what to think or feel. This entire time she knew that Yvette was closely related to her, but to have it confirmed like this was a little disheartening. One, she had a half sister that she never got to know. Two, Yvette had somehow become involved in a trade where she made money from killing people. Three, Ryland had known this. Taryn remained silent and waited Art out, sensing that he would say more.
“To tell you the truth, I always suspected but it wasn’t my place to ask.” Art opened up a desk drawer and pulled out a picture frame. He didn’t immediately hand it over, and instead studied the photograph in his hand. Taryn’s fingers itched to get a hold of it, confirming what she and Ethan had already figured out. The girl in the picture had to be Yvette. “This is Sabrina at her graduation. She went missing one week later. Looking at you sitting there is like witnessing what Sabrina would have looked like at your age. Maybe things would have turned out differently had the truth come out long ago, but Madeline wasn’t about to lose her a rich husband over one of her many sordid affairs.”
Art slowly handed over the framed photograph and Taryn took it from his fingers, all the while knowing his eyes never left her face. He wanted to see her reaction and she had to wonder why. Taking her time and schooling her features, she finally looked at the photo. Sure enough, it was Yvette Capre when she was seventeen years old. Now that this was confirmed, it didn’t surprise Taryn that Sabrina’s pictures had somehow been erased from her high school website, or for that matter, anywhere on the Internet. Whenever Sabrina Bowers had become Yvette Capre, she’d made sure no trace of evidence could lead back to her childhood. As for the brother, Travis Bowers, his military file contained everything Taryn needed to know about him.
“I guess this confirms my belief that my dad fathered another child.” Taryn made sure that her fingers didn’t shake as she handed the photo over to Ethan. He’d been quiet, allowing her to take the lead on this so-called interview. “It makes me sad that I didn’t get to know her. Would you mind telling me what happened to Sabrina?”
“She disappeared, and although Madeline always swore that her daughter had been abducted, the rest of us believed that she ran away. She liked attention that way.” Art gestured toward the picture that Ethan still held in his hand, his disdain apparent. “Sabrina was a selfish girl and thought of no one but herself. What she put her mother and father through was downright cruel, if you ask me.”
“Is that why you had
“I take it you’re referring to Madeline?”
“Madeline married my brother for his money,” Art replied abruptly, taking Taryn’s leading question and following along, although she wasn’t fooling herself into thinking he didn’t know what she’d done. He appeared cunning and very sure of his abilities to give the information he wanted to give…not what they truly wanted. At this point, Taryn would take what she could get and then move on to someone else. The answers were here. They just needed unearthed. “She was manipulative and never satisfied. Her pastime was sleeping with younger men in order to make herself feel beautiful, regardless of the fact that my brother was working eighteen to twenty hour days to make his company a success so that she could live in the lavish lifestyle she preferred.”
“So my father was one of these…men…that you’re referring to.” Taryn felt slightly sick to her stomach and set the mug on her leg. “I know this conversation must be hard for you considering Charles was your brother, but I need to know if their affair resulted in a child.”
Art didn’t reply right away, giving Taryn her answer. She wasn’t sure what to think or feel. This entire time she knew that Yvette was closely related to her, but to have it confirmed like this was a little disheartening. One, she had a half sister that she never got to know. Two, Yvette had somehow become involved in a trade where she made money from killing people. Three, Ryland had known this. Taryn remained silent and waited Art out, sensing that he would say more.
“To tell you the truth, I always suspected but it wasn’t my place to ask.” Art opened up a desk drawer and pulled out a picture frame. He didn’t immediately hand it over, and instead studied the photograph in his hand. Taryn’s fingers itched to get a hold of it, confirming what she and Ethan had already figured out. The girl in the picture had to be Yvette. “This is Sabrina at her graduation. She went missing one week later. Looking at you sitting there is like witnessing what Sabrina would have looked like at your age. Maybe things would have turned out differently had the truth come out long ago, but Madeline wasn’t about to lose her a rich husband over one of her many sordid affairs.”
Art slowly handed over the framed photograph and Taryn took it from his fingers, all the while knowing his eyes never left her face. He wanted to see her reaction and she had to wonder why. Taking her time and schooling her features, she finally looked at the photo. Sure enough, it was Yvette Capre when she was seventeen years old. Now that this was confirmed, it didn’t surprise Taryn that Sabrina’s pictures had somehow been erased from her high school website, or for that matter, anywhere on the Internet. Whenever Sabrina Bowers had become Yvette Capre, she’d made sure no trace of evidence could lead back to her childhood. As for the brother, Travis Bowers, his military file contained everything Taryn needed to know about him.
“I guess this confirms my belief that my dad fathered another child.” Taryn made sure that her fingers didn’t shake as she handed the photo over to Ethan. He’d been quiet, allowing her to take the lead on this so-called interview. “It makes me sad that I didn’t get to know her. Would you mind telling me what happened to Sabrina?”
“She disappeared, and although Madeline always swore that her daughter had been abducted, the rest of us believed that she ran away. She liked attention that way.” Art gestured toward the picture that Ethan still held in his hand, his disdain apparent. “Sabrina was a selfish girl and thought of no one but herself. What she put her mother and father through was downright cruel, if you ask me.”
“Is that why you had
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