A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1424

Gregory was nothing more than a lowly thug, a street rat who lacked any sophistication. How could a rat like him ever hope to stand against the towering might of Yates?

Even if Gregory had rallied many of his kind to form the Darkness gang, it would take a long time to amass the kind of power needed to take down Yates. “Gregory never got his chance for revenge, though. He was taken out by his own second-in-command before he could make his move.”

Yates got the picture, but he hadn’t realized that he had been living inside Gregory’s plot all along.

Gregory had offed Samantha early, so Yates never suspected a corpse he didn’t recognize.

Then, all the evidence of the gang assault on Pauline was cleverly redirected to point at the Hardys’ other enemies.

Meanwhile, Gregory had been using the turmoil as a smokescreen, looking to expand the Darkness, to eventually harness its power to exact his revenge.

It was a clever plan, indeed. A shame Gregory didn’t live long enough to see it through, taken out by his own brother in arms. In a way, it was instant karma.

The thought of Gregory’s demise brought a bitter sense of relief to Yates.

But how much better off was he, really?

This was all tied to him. It was his doing….

If he hadn’t killed Timothy, Samantha wouldn’t have had the chance to frame him, Gregory wouldn’t have directed his fury at Pauline, wouldn’t have unleashed his rage on her in such a vile way.

The image of Pauline, violated and broken, made Yates stagger backward, his aged body almost collapsing against the control panel. “No…It can’t be!” Yates refused to believe that he was the cause and Pauline was the outcome.

what face would he have left to live on?

Timothy, so how could you

own making; Pauline was just an

it

too

cold-heartedness were suddenly flooded with guilt.

hadn’t been for Timothy’s bullet, which nearly ended him,

had been quietly listening, cut

hadn’t meddled in Pauline and Timothy’s relationship, why would Timothy

woman standing

serene beauty was the spitting image of

his first encounter with Pauline, love

spoke. “It was Timothy who sensed my interest

injustice. “I was just

he missed Pauline’s first love; a step too late and

and wrongs, and the painful memories of watching the woman he loved with another man, his nearly buried heart

sin, discomfort, regret, and longing, he

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have done in my place?”

of the heart, he believed they were cut

no other way but

just looked at

waiting for Bernard’s answer, Yates responded to his own question,