Tiffany swore she was pregnant, but Chase never knew if she'd lied. Eleven years after her father had had him beaten and ran out of town, Chase couldn't stand not knowing. Despite the possibility of another beating and the prison sentence they'd promised him if he ever returned, Chase went back and faced far worse than prison.
After eleven years Sydney didn't cherish the chance to have Chase as much as she feared he would learn too many secrets.
Chase had to decide if the stories so many were so eager to tell him were true. Did Sydney kill to become the only heir to the Gibson fortune? Was her obsessive/compulsive disorder so severe that she'd held on to his child only to trap him or that she would kill again if he made her angry?