Mike summarized the incident in simple wordings and sent it to Avery while attaching a photo of Elliot that he took in secret along with the message.

It was ten at night in Bridgedale. Avery had just gotten into bed and had yet to fall asleep.

When she saw the message Mike sent, she tried to picture the reason behind Elliot's action, but her lack of imagination left her helpless in figuring out why he would suddenly attack the Tierney siblings.

'If it was done to seek revenge from Chelsea for causing me to go into delivery early, why would he burn Charlie's apartment down, and why did he choose to do so at such a time?'

'There has to be something else that happened between him and the Tierney siblings.'

'Had it been any time in the past, I might have confronted Elliot to ask him what happened between them, but I no longer have the energy for that.'

'Taking care of the three children has taken up eighty percent of my time, and what little was left is reserved for treating Adrian's