~KILLIAN~

The charade between them was never ending and pulling Adinah away from the vicious claws of my mother was the best that a man could do. As the door clicked locked behind us, I carefully sat her down while mentally prepping myself for the lies ahead.

I knew she was tired of complaining about my mother’s behavior and fighting her. I admired the olive branch which she stretched out but cases like this couldn’t be resolved the way she wanted.

“What happened back there?”

“What? With your mother? I told you already that I was helping her unpack.” As flat as the tone of her voice came, there was...