The news Tommy broke to Liza was something she had never expected.
For her, knowing that her husband had brought Ashley and Lucian home safely was already enough. She wasn't asking for much.
Yet there she was, weeping as though someone had died.
She couldn't even get a word out.
All she could do when Tommy told her, "Marshal didn't have our child killed," was stare at him with wide eyes. Her breathing turned ragged, and somewhere in the back of her mind, her trembling gaze shifted to where Ashley sat.
The moment she saw Ashley smiling so gently, her heart pounded so violently that she thought she might faint.
But she didn't.
She continued staring at Ashley while listening intently to her husband's words.
"Marshal took her under his wing as an act of revenge and raised her while barely treating her as his own."
Tommy's eyes softened as he smiled at his wife, whose attention remained fixed on Ashley.
"No," Liza whispered, her voice cracking on that single word.
