Abby’s POV
I stare at him in stunned silence, unable to say anything at all. His previous life seems like something from a movie and it’s hard to believe that any single part of it is true.
“So… you let this, Luna Alice, was it? You let her believe that you killed Simon in the name of revenge? Why didn’t you just tell her the truth?” I ask carefully.
He shrugs his shoulders, folding his large arms over his chest as his eyes make their way back over to the facade of the rundown bar.
“She had already lost so much. She didn’t need to know her son, Leo, was a waste of space too.”
I nod my head slowly and a sudden wave of sympathy washes through me. I never thought I’d see the day that I would be sitting here feeling sorry for a cold-blooded killer, but here I am.
“I’m sorry, Ben.” I
