Chapter 20

When Bradley heard what Madeline said, he felt as if his heart had been yanked out of his chest. Tears began to stream uncontrollably down his face. Had all the kindness she had shown him really been just because of Anthony? So, the one she had loved all along wasn't him? Rather, it was his twin brother? The items she had cherished and carefully kept were actually things that belonged to Anthony. Suddenly, Bradley recalled the photo she had always treasured. The man in that photo wasn't him, but Anthony. All this time, he had believed she loved him. Looking back now, that belief had been nothing more than a delusion. His heart sank. A dull, suffocating pain took hold of him, leaving him unable to process what he had just heard. He opened his mouth, yet he didn't even know what to say. For a long moment, neither of them spoke. The silence on the phone stretched on so long that Madeline thought he had hung up. After thinking it over for a while, Madeline was the first to speak. "