The Bond Between Us ( Anastasia and Herman) novel Chapter 804

Sean went quiet again, but Sandy had already figured it out. She collapsed back onto the couch, her whole body drained, staring blankly ahead.

A few seconds ticked by before she looked up. The act was over—no more pretending to be soft or helpless. Her eyes were sharp now, almost dangerous.

“Sean, what gives you the right?” she snapped. “Do you have any idea what you’ve just ruined? Everything I planned is wrecked, just because you drank that tea. It’s all blown now.” Her voice rose, barely holding it together. “Herman knows about Anastasia. I had to come clean. Now I can’t control him, and do you even realize what that means for us?”

All the warmth and gratitude from before evaporated, replaced by pure anger.

Sean stared at her, barely recognizing the sister he thought he knew. “Sandy, I’ll protect you,” he said quietly.

She shot him a look full of scorn. “With what?” she snapped. “That sickly body of yours? Or your not-so-bright brain?”

That hit him hard. Sean’s face fell. “Sis, I…”

Was this really how she saw him?

“It’s over now. Just… over.” Sandy’s words were raw with frustration. “Why can’t you ever think before you act? How’d you even figure out it was me who put the cyanide in Dad’s meds, huh?”

She’d thought her plan was flawless, even Ashley Stanton hadn’t caught on.

Sean said, “I saw you. After Dad started getting sick, I remembered you adding something to his tea. Later, when I was in the basement storeroom at the Floradale villa, I found the empty pill bottle. That’s when it all clicked—you were behind his stroke.”

He could still picture that bottle. It had bothered him for days before the truth finally came together.

Sandy pressed, “Then why didn’t you turn me in? Why not tell Dad?”

“Dad always played favorites. If nothing happened to him, the Morton Group would go to Anastasia, and he was already threatening to leave Mom. I just… I didn’t want the family to fall apart.” Sean looked at her, eyes pleading. “You didn’t want that either, right? That’s why you did it?”

If she’d done it for the family, he could almost forgive her.