SIXTY ONE – THE TRUTH AT LAST

Luke’s spine stiffened in shock at Jimmy’s statement as he watched the detective help him up and make sure he was properly settled in his chair.

His brother? Really? What sort of twisted maze was really going on here?

His pulse thundered wildly against his throat as McGregor sat back in his seat and resumed his interrogation.

“Tell me everything you know about this man, Jimmy.”

Jimmy’s lips twisted in a sneer.

“Father always loved him more than he loved my sister and I.”

Okay. Now Luke was floored. Jimmy Petersen had a sister?

“Father used to hit our mother, you know. He would hit her with his fists, an iron rod, the soup ladle, his belt…basically anything he could get his hands on.

When he hit her to the point that she couldn’t take it anymore, he’ll turn his anger on my sister and I.

I was just ten at the time and Isabella was five. I tried as much as possible to shield her from his madness but I couldn’t do much. I was just a child.”

Jimmy’s eyes brightened suspiciously and second