Harlow rubbed circles on Cassidy's back while Cassidy hunched over the desk and pressed her sleeve against her eyes with the aggressive determination of someone who wanted the entire concept of tears to know it was being tolerated under extreme protest.
I turned my attention back to the shelves while we waited for Vivienne. The organizational system became clearer the longer I looked at it. The earliest files dated back to 2015, five years before Richard's death, which meant he started collecting evidence when the quadruplets were twelve years old. Something must have happened then. Something that made Richard Valentine look at his wife and realize the woman he married had become someone capable of hurting their children.
