[Having to explain things was hard enough the first time. The pain didn't lessen any now.]

I had no choice.

You know I would never willingly go along with something so horrible. It was...Malcolm. He planned the whole thing. Your father...Walter...everything.

[Her voice wavered at the thought of the two men she had loved and lost. Of what this had done to Oliver. The time he'd lost as well.]

Please believe me, you know I never wanted any of this to happen.