Chapter 18

Holly's lips trembled as tears spilled from the corners of her eyes. "Even now, you're still trying to lie to me? If you didn't put Noel in that orphanage, then who did? Me?" Her voice rose into a furious cry, shaking the walls. Her eyes were filled with raw pain. "Do you even know what he's been through? How many beatings he took? He was forced to eat feces, Tyler! And you, his biological father, were busy pampering your mistress and her bastard child. You brought them into our home while she humiliated me repeatedly. You're not just a liar. You're a monster!" Tyler suddenly went still, a look of horrified realization dawning on his face. No wonder every time he mentioned visiting Noel, Nancy always had an excuse. When he asked her about all those transfers he made to her over the years, money meant to go to Noel's caretakers in Holnia, she always fumbled through some excuse. Now it all made sense. Noel hadn't been in Holnia in years. Nancy had stashed him in some orphanage back i