Chapter 280

"Are you okay?" Liam asked. "I'm fine," Wendy said, with her eyes closed as she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "I think I finally figured out who's been pulling the strings behind all this." Liam got straight to the point. "It's the Sanders family, isn't it?" Wendy's eyes snapped open. "How did you know?" "Who else could it be? It's not like James would stoop that low." As he spoke, he glanced at her, his tone certain. Wendy shook her head. "It's not James. He wouldn't do something that petty or beneath him." Liam said nothing. She continued, "It's probably Jenna. And her mom's definitely in on it." At the red light, Liam stepped on the brakes. "Her mom?" he asked, puzzled. "Isn't she your mom, too?" Wendy gave a dry, humorless laugh. "No need to tiptoe around it. I probably never told you much about my family, but there's not much to say anyway." Just that one sentence told Liam more than she'd ever shared before. He remembered back when they were both studying abroad. Her