"Oh," Summer Thorne said softly. "So you gave it to her."
"That's right." The moment Leo Morgan began to speak, he seemed to be lost in memory again. "Your mother loves roses, you know that, don't you? Over twenty years ago, there was a huge rose garden in the suburbs of Valois. Your mother loved it there. She took countless photos, and someone even painted a portrait of her among the roses…"
Summer Thorne listened quietly as he reminisced about Laura Thorne, and despite herself, her emotions stirred.
Not for any other reason, but for Austin Sutton, the man who had raised her.
"You know her so well. You two must have gone through a lot when you were young, right?"
"We did, a lot…" Leo Morgan replied softly. "It's a shame my memory has so many gaps. I can't quite recall many of the details from the past."
"Then do you remember how you felt about her?" Summer Thorne asked. "Did you love her?"
