“And
I
learned
early
in
life
that
he’s
also
a
man
with
eyes
in
the
back
of
his
head.
You
can’t
ever
pull
anything
over
on
him.”
The
affection
Madison
heard
in
Stone’s
voice
caused
her
to
think
just
how
different
Corey
Westmoreland
was
from
her
father.
Her
father
had
been
an
only
child.
He
did
have
a
cousin
who’d
also
lived
in
Boston,
but
the
two
had
never
had
a
close
relationship,
so
she
hadn’t
developed
a
close
relationship
with
that
cousin’s
children
who
were
all
around
her
age.
Her
father
had
been
born
in
the
city,
raised
in
the
city
and
lived
in
the
city.
They’d
never
owned
a
pet
while
she
was
growing
up
and
the
thought
of
leaving
the
city
to
go
camping
wasn’t
anything
he
would
have
been
interested
in
doing.
And
Larry
Winters
had
preferred
socializing
to
solitude,
especially
when
it
benefited
him.
He’d
been
a
financial
adviser.
He
would
often
host
lavish
parties
for
his
clients
with
her
mother
acting
as
hostess.
She
remembered
her
father
being
excited
each
and
every
time
they’d
given
a
party,
but
now
as
she
thought
about
it,
her
mother
hadn’t
particularly
cared
for
entertaining.
She
had
merely
accepted
it
as
part
of
her
role
as
the
wife
of
a
successful
businessman.
She
tried
to
think
of
one
single
thing
her
parents
had
in
common
and
couldn’t
think
of
anything.
Last
night
Stone
had
asked
her
why
two
people
who
possibly
didn’t
love
each
other
would
stay
together.
Now
her
question
was
why
had
they
gotten
married
in
the
first
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