Chapter 25

On the surface, the Shaw family looked picture-perfect-respectful kids, loving parents-but in reality, it was a total mess. Edward hardly stayed home, mostly because he couldn't get along with his own father. His wife, Sophie, on the other hand, was a permanent fixture around the house. Ethan used to be the pride of the family-smart, capable, the golden child. But after an accident left him disabled, everything changed. Surprisingly, Sophie still saw him as the family's only hope. She lavished attention on Ethan, while almost pretending Liam, her energetic and perfectly healthy younger son, didn't exist. Liam acted like the shy, obedient younger brother-polite to his parents, always showing respect to Ethan. But beneath that harmless look, he had crossed the line more than once with a terrifying idea: getting involved with his brother's wife. A person that truly timid would never even dare to think like that. Yeah, things were way more tangled up than they appeared. Celeste carried mem