"Why would she hate you?" Adam asked slowly, his gaze fixed on the older woman in front of him, whose tears continued to fall unchecked. This was the part that troubled him the most.
Melody had told him that her parents were worried-deeply worried- that Melanie would hate them. And that fear, it seemed, stemmed from something her grandmother might have said. But, according to Melanie, the lady had never even taken their names, let alone say something that might make her hate them. She had never once mentioned Melanie's parents directly- not in anger, not in resentment. The only time her mother was referenced at all, it had been with pain. Regret, even.
So why this overwhelming fear?
He looked up again and watched as Richard and Marianne Thomas exchanged a long, silent glance. Something passed between them-an understanding, or perhaps a decision-before Marianne finally spoke.
