Madeline stared at the frowning man confusedly. “It plagued me back then whether you were truly blind to Meredith’s pitiful act. Yet your actions have been telling me that you knew what she was doing and still you defended her because of how much you loved her.

“What I never expected was that the reason behind your blind acceptance was a result of the promise you made to me when we were young.

“It had not occurred to me that you would take a childhood joke so seriously to the point of ignoring