Ashton walked over to where John was and sat on the carpet beside him. She held out her hands to the newly crackling blaze. Taking a deep breath, she said, "This isn't easy. I have been fearful of something that I ran across, and...oh, this is going badly." She bit her lip, looking at the fire, carefully not looking at him. "Let me begin again." And so begins one of the many secrets that dwell within the pretty, storybook town of Willow Brook. Ashton...