Chapter 568

Both brothers were caught off guard by their own thoughts. But somehow, they were totally in sync. “You say it first,” they blurted out at the same time. Simon Cross spoke up quickly and directly. “Alex, do you think… could Leslie actually be our real sister?” Something clicked in his mind. He remembered that one photo—someone had snapped a candid of them standing side by side. They looked so alike. He even joked back then that people might think they were siblings. Alexander Cross nodded. He’d been thinking the same thing. “But, Simon, didn’t you say... you actually saw what happened to our little sister back then?” “Yeah. I saw it with my own eyes.” Simon sounded like he was gritting his teeth as he said it. Even after all these years, that memory still hit him like a punch to the gut—panic, guilt, helplessness. He’d never be able to forgive himself for it. He’d been just a scared little kid, and he couldn’t even protect his own sister. Alex reached over, giving his shoulder a firm p