Too many conflicting emotions surged through him as he tried to wrap his mind around everything she’d just said. There was no way his brother was alive. To suggest it was ludicrous. Why the hell would his brother fake his own death? And how would he have made it out of the wreckage alive? And to suggest he was the monster who’d perpetrated all those vicious crimes just seemed crazy. Images of the dead, broken women penetrated his mind in an onslaught of vivid bloody snapshots. Braden shook his head disbelievingly. He knew his brother had had anger issues and he’d always started fights on the football field and sometimes even in school, but he couldn’t imagine James assaulting Lilly. He and James had never been particularly close because his brother had always been so competitive but he’d never been violent toward him. And he’d never indicated any feelings for Lilly. Whenever she’d been around James had basically ignored her. Even thinking his brother tried to rape her made him want to vomit where he stood.
