“At first?”
“Anna—”
“Tell me.”
Thomas looked down.
“Your mother approached Richard because she believed he was the only Hale who might help her.”
“Did he?”
Silence.
My heart broke before he answered.
“No.”
I laughed once.
It sounded awful.
“What?”
“Richard was thirty-two.
Newly married.
Junior partner in an empire controlled by his father and brother.
Celia brought him evidence.”
“And he ignored her?”
