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.

that were true, what face would

could you have

Pauline was

could say for certain whether it

too

cold-heartedness were suddenly

If it hadn’t been for Timothy’s bullet, which

had been quietly listening, cut in

in Pauline and Timothy’s relationship, why

his bloodshot eyes to the woman standing serenely behind the bulletproof

spitting

with Pauline, love at first sight,

just her childhood sweetheart…” Yates aged eyes reddened as he spoke. “It was Timothy who sensed my interest in Pauline and preempted me by confessing his love… By the time I understood what love was, Timothy had

broke with a sense of injustice. “I was just a step

he missed Pauline’s first love; a step

of rights and wrongs, and the painful memories of watching the woman he loved with another man, his nearly buried heart still trembled with the pain he could not

sin, discomfort, regret, and longing, he

ཧ ེ ཇ ཆ བ

have done

of the heart, he believed they

there was no other

didn’t respond, just looked at him impassively.

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