Jill's observation struck everyone like lightning.
Once Sallie had been shipped off, Levi made a vow—he wouldn't step inside the Noah house until Sallie came back. During Christmas, when the entire family visited his hospital room, he still refused to come home.
Yet here he was, roughly a month since Sallie's return, appearing without warning. And he'd walked straight into the scene of her getting attacked.
Reading the realization dawning on everyone's faces, Jill knew they'd grasped exactly what she intended. She pressed on quickly, "Sallie could've simply refused to apologize. I wouldn't have minded. Why create all this drama?
"Kane never would've lost his temper and struck her if she hadn't pushed him. Then Grandpa wouldn't be lying in a hospital bed right now."
"She planned this!" Harvey was already seething.
Clinging to what felt like the truth, he shouted, "She baited us deliberately, timing it so Levi would catch us in the act."
