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After Stephen and Andrea left, Rebecca closed the door. “Why did you tell me to accept his offer?” she asked Amelia, her voice laced with confusion. “Stephen can’t be trusted. He’s a snake who will do anything to get what he wants.”

“I know,” Amelia said calmly. She could see that Stephen was dangerously cunning.

“Then why would you-” Rebecca started.

“Because it was just a transaction,” Amelia cut in.

Rebecca replayed the conversation in her head. ‘He helps us get out of Jelasburg, and I promise not to kill Jeffrey?‘ she thought. ‘I’ll be lucky if Jeffrey doesn’t kill me. Since when am I the one holding his life in my

hands?‘

Amelia saw the confusion on her daughter’s face. “You’re getting stuck on the terms,” she advised. “Ignore what Stephen said and focus on the real players. Think about his relationship with Jeffrey.”

The gears in Rebecca’s mind turned, and the real plan clicked into place almost instantly. “You think Stephen wants to use my escape to distract Jeffrey,” she said, “so he’ll have an opening to seize control of the Hanson Group?”

Amelia merely grunted in dismissal.

The tension in Rebecca’s shoulders eased. Fine. ‘As long as I’m a diversion and not the target, I don’t care,‘ she thought. ‘Let them tear each other apart. It has nothing to do with me.

*****

That night, Jeffrey showed up at the hospital. After checking on Amelia, he turned to Rebecca and asked about Stephen. Rebecca just said Stephen dropped by with a friend to visit her mom, and didn’t mention anything else.

Jeffrey was suspicious. “He just came to visit your mother? That’s it?”

“Yeah,” Rebecca said, her face a blank wall.

“Are you coming home to the manor tonight?” Jeffrey asked, grabbing Rebecca’s hand right in front of Amelia, making sure she saw.

“No,” Rebecca said, instantly pulling her hand free. She didn’t even hesitate with her refusal. “Mom’s got rehab early in the morning. It doesn’t make sense to go all the way back and forth.”

“Samuel’s coming home tonight,” Jeffrey said.

Rebecca frowned. “What? I thought he wasn’t coming back until tomorrow afternoon.”

“I told him his grandmother was awake, and he insisted I go pick him up tonight,” Jeffrey said, glancing at his watch. “He should be arriving at the manor in the next hour or so.”

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to talk to Samuel about leaving Jelasburg, to gently

to arrange everything without Jeffrey knowing,‘ she thought. ‘If he says no… then my

won’t be back for a long time. We’ll be nothing but a voice on the phone

screen.’

they stepped out of the hospital, Rebecca laid down her first condition. “I’m sleeping in Samuel’s

exactly what she was doing, but he

an hour later, there was still no

knot of worry tightened in Rebecca’s stomach. “You said he’d be home by now,” she said, turning

better than to call Victor

voice. He didn’t

voice calm. He tapped the speakerphone button for Rebecca

“You liar! You promised you

Mr. Hanson,” Jeffrey said, his voice

left Samuel speechless for a second. ‘Why does Dad have to be so annoying all the time?‘ he

to talk

had no problem throwing his son under the bus. “Your mother wanted me to ask where you are,” he said, his voice low and smooth. “But if you’d rather make her worry, feel free to be

silent.”

being so unfair,‘ Samuel thought, taking a breath to control his temper. ‘But I

trouble,” Samuel grumbled, sounding annoyed. “Victor

before you’re home?”

hour, give or take,” Victor’s voice came clearly through the phone. “Bad accident in the tunnel.

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him?” Samuel asked

turned to Rebecca and said, “Why don’t you go on up and rest? I’ll let you know

for him

moment later,

comfortable on the living room sofa, pulling out her phone. She lost herself in

can get the business plan drafted now,‘ she thought with a surge of purpose. Then, as soon as I’m out of Jelasburg,

said, coming over and sitting