196 Chapter One Hundred Ninety Six

Marie wished she could ignore the sadness in Thorrin's voice. He sounded sadder than she'd ever seen him and she would know. After all, she'd nearly grown up in this household. She'd been in the lives of the Chase family as she grew up and had even learnt their ways while she'd been there. In all that time, she hadn't had the chance to see Thorrin fall this far into a depressed state, "You didn't ram into that cake by mistake, did you?" he nodded to confirm her suspicions.

"I couldn't withstand the thought of you going through something like that with my brother. I would like it if no one knew that I did that on purpose. Alas, I am sure the very thing I tried to prevent that day just happened today," he replied.

"Thorrin, it's been eighteen years…"