Abigail blinked when she heard that unable to believe that he was willing to cut ties with his father. This thinking back if she would have done the same now had her father been alive and she was given such a chance. She didn't like it and they never got along even while she was a child but…
Collins was different, his childhood with Jacob was good and their relationship… although not the best, it was still better than many that she had come across.
"Why?" Abigail asked. Collins looked at her for a moment before shifting his gaze to the distance. He remained silent deep in thought while she waited to hear what he would say. He couldn't have made that decision on a whim. Something must have happened before to have made him take this decision now.
"There is something that you are unknown to," Collins spoke as if to confirm her assumptions. "It involves my mother's death which is also connected to what happened to Uncle George and Aunt Emilia."
