Side Story: Ray's Crash course in life 19

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up painful memories," Ray said

He'd seen the flash of pain on her cool features as soon as they talked about Emily's oath, and he knew that it was a memory that was too painful to remember...

"No need to apologize. I'm going to have to deal with this pain if I am going to move forward, so you don't need to walk on eggshells around me either..." Leilah said with a small smile

Ray had known that Leilah's parents weren't going to leave her alone after the reading of her sister's will. But, he didn't want to involve himself in her personal matters too much. She's a prideful woman who didn't like to lean on others or show her weakness, so he wanted to spare her the discomfort.

But, when he saw her parents cornering her before she even left the office he'd wanted to step in, but his father stopped him.

"This is a confrontation that she needs to go through on her own, son. You can't stand between her and her parents,"