Chapter 50

"If you two were so into each other, then why didn't you end up with Elijah?" Victoria turned sharply, caught off guard that Grace had overheard. "Victoria, if you were so determined back then to be with him, why break up at all? Where is Elijah now?" Whatever calmness Grace had been faking cracked completely. She grabbed Victoria by the collar, tension thick in the air. Theodore immediately stepped forward and pulled them apart. "Okay, that's enough. Chill." Even hearing Elijah's name made Theodore uneasy. It had been Elijah before, and now it was him again. As Victoria was shoved aside, she lost her balance. Her lower back slammed against the sharp edge of the table, and she let out a harsh, pained gasp. The lamp on the desk crashed to the floor with a loud bang. Henry, already keyed up, shot to his feet the second he heard it and bolted upstairs. "Wait!" Catherine called after him, trying to keep him in check—it was someone else's house, after all. But she set the fruit bowl down an