Light After Shadows

1.

When five-year-old Leo screamed in the courtyard yet again, demanding Nora jump into the freezing swimming pool to fetch his action figure from the snow, she refused.

"Leo, you don't have to keep trying to make me sick. Don't worry. From now on, I won't disturb the happy life you have with your father and Aunt Ivy."

Leo’s young face was a perfect copy of Julian Thorne’s, with the same delicate features and that same inborn arrogance. He frowned. "Really?"

"Really. Mommy used to get jealou