Chapter 2 - Lily Wasn’t Trying to Escape
“Don’t,” Daniel warned.
Lily stopped halfway to the mansion.
The gate buzzer sounded again.
The maintenance supervisor, Thomas Reed, was waiting outside with a
replacement glass panel already loaded in his truck.
Daniel stared at the truck through the security monitor.
“You brought the panel before inspecting the damage?”
Thomas looked confused.
“Ms. Lily said it had cracked.”
“It isn’t cracked.”
The patio went quiet.
Daniel turned toward Lily.
She was twenty-four, his late wife’s younger sister, and had lived in
the guest wing for almost a year while finishing graduate school.
“Why did you order a replacement?”
Lily’s face crumpled.
“Because I panicked.”
“After pushing a six-year-old over a railing?”
Grace held Evan tighter.
Lily shook her head violently.
“I pushed him away from the panel.”
Daniel stared.
“The video shows your hand hitting his back.”
“I know what it looks like.”
“Then tell me what happened.”
Lily looked toward Evan.
“I saw the glass moving.”
Daniel froze.
Lily claimed Evan leaned against the loosened panel.
She grabbed him.
The panel shifted outward.
She shoved him sideways, trying to move him away from the drop.
But Evan lost his balance and went over the lower section beside it.
Daniel looked at the replay again.
For the first time, he noticed Lily’s eyes.
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She was not looking at Evan.
She was staring at the glass.
