A familiar voice moaned loudly from the television echoing around the deathly silent room.

Not a familiar voice—my voice.

My hands moved to my eyes, and I wiped it endlessly wondering if maybe this was a dream, or I was seeing things.

“I told no lies in the hotel room, Ethan.

When I said everything I do is for the good of the Blackwoods family, that was not a lie either.

I warned you to throw Leah out of your life earlier because I was trying to prevent this,” Jennifer sighed sadly, looking at a frozen Ethan whose eyes never left the video still playing.

“Now look.

Every news station...