Hector averted her gaze. “You…what nonsense did you hear from those people?”

“Dad!” Tessa’s tears instantly streamed down. “The truth will come to light sooner or later. This is something that the entire village knew. Do you think I will never find out in this life just because you brought me with you and we have moved away?”

Hector’s voice was trembling and there was a catch in his throat. He simply confessed. “I moved away taking you with me not because I wanted to hide anything from you. It