Jane was stunned silly, his father had gone that far?

“Jane?...”

“Continue, I'm listening. How did he even know her in the first place?”

“He had an ulterior motive that he didn't want to handle directly so when Claire orchestrated the accident that took the Owens' lives, he secretly contacted her and threatened her with it.”

“She was only too ready to comply with his orders. Claire had initially thought that Cassidy and I would be married when we were older and she apparently… liked me.”

“So she figured marrying me as Cassidy would solve that for her but you came into the picture, she was receptive to my father's...