“Oh,” Miles says. “That.”
I have so many questions that I’m unsure where even to start. Why? How? My mind is a mess.
Fortunately, Miles takes pity on me and starts talking without any prompting.
“Thea and Garnar have cost you your normal life, Esther. I wasn’t going to let them take away your family, too. Trust me, Thea didn’t make it all that difficult. She has s****l and romantic connections with dozens of men all over town. It’s some kind of miracle Garnar didn’t catch on himself.
“Your parents not seeing it, I can understand. They probably had the blinders on for their ‘perfect’ daughter. I knew for them, hard evidence was going to be what was needed.”
“You did this for me,” I say.
“Of course I did,” Miles replies. “Thea wanted to separate you from your family. She wanted to isol
