Beneath the Texas Sun, A Mother's Sin

adwick, paid for my college education after my parents died. In return, I agreed to marry his daughter. He needed to s

d feelings for Nicole, and when our son, C

s wr

wick equestrian estate, that

arp, cutting through the warm Texas air.

ing. His pony ride had ended when he' d accidentally bumped into Wesley' s stallion, a m

le, please," I begge

st, stopping me. He smirked. "Let her be, Ethan. A boy needs to be

she' d had for him in high school. To her, I was just the hir

er voice dripping with contempt. "Wesley

pleading. But before I could protest again, Nicole gra

ed. His small

gain, his grip surprisingly strong. "Dis

as gasping, choking, his fac

h!" she snapped, and pu

was a sickening thud. A dull, heavy s

body we

o. He slumped to the

know I had and fell to my knees beside my son

tarting CPR, my hands press

t move. I heard her la

nting to a catalog on a nearby bench. "Per

a saddle while my son

ng go of Caleb' s cold hand. At the hospital, I paced the st

er. His voice was firm, but his eyes were filled with a familiar denial

eam that his daughter was a monster. But

or came out, his

rry, Mr.

rld st

ammers. "But... there' s more. There' s evidence of blunt force trauma to the back of his head

asn' t an accident. She hel

rang. It

. "You' re making me look bad in front of Dad. I even had a delivery of Caleb' s favorit

ing room was a smashed box. Peanut but

t allergy. She had forgo

his mother was trying