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?

kill Timothy, so how could you

cause and effect were his own making; Pauline was just

for certain whether it was some divine punishment for

realization was almost too much for Yates to bear.

cold-heartedness were suddenly flooded with guilt.

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

who had been quietly listening, cut in sharply at

relationship, why would Timothy have

the woman standing serenely behind

was the spitting image of a young

Yates was reminded of his first encounter with Pauline, love at first

“It was Timothy who sensed my interest in

sense of injustice. “I was just a step too late.”

too late and he missed Pauline’s first

mulled over the tangled web of rights and wrongs, and the painful memories of watching the woman

feelings of sin, discomfort, regret, and longing, he slowly shifted his gaze to the

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done in my place?”

believed they were cut from the same

was no other way

just looked at him impassively.

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