Ashton smiles and waves off the bystanders and nods her head. “Yeah, I wasn’t feeling well, so she took me to the hospital. It’s when we finally talked. I guess we should’ve done that years ago.”
“What about her ex-husband?”
“Oh that dick. I swear, Connor. I’ve never wanted to punch a man more. The way he grabbed her. That was before we talked, and I still wanted to protect her.”
Rage rises from deep inside me. He grabbed her?
“Then when we saw him get arrested, I thought about how the other prisoners will probably hurt him more than I ever could, and I’m okay with that. Oh geez, JoJo, do not throw that cake at your brother. Jameson!”
Ashton jumps from her seat, rushing toward her kids. I watch without really seeing what is going on around me. I sit stunned, trying to process everything she just said.
Her ex-husband was here and put hands on her. Is that why he was arrested? Pulling out my phone, I pull up the internet and type “Michael Thorne arrest.”