"I know." She drew a shaky breath. "But I keep thinking about all those times Cooper visited them. He was just a little boy. He probably thought they were his family, too."
That thought hurt more than she expected. Cooper had grown up believing Ethan was his father and had been allowed to visit the Winters family without knowing the complicated truths surrounding his birth.
He could not have understood the rivalries, expectations, or ambitions that might have made his existence inconvenient to them.
He had simply been a child visiting people he believed were part of his world.
Across the table, Sera watched Dakota with quiet concern. "Then Marcus needs to look into those visits," she said. "The dates, who was present, and whether anything unusual happened around that time. If Maya or Luna Winters had a reason to see Cooper as an obstacle, we need to know whether that reason ever became an intention."
