The police relayed the unsettling information to Fitch.

Fitch sat there in a daze, his tailored suit feeling constrictive, his mind reeling. He thought he had a firm grasp of the darker side of

human nature, but the idea of someone wrecking their own life to spite their child was new territory even for him.

He suddenly realized he truly didn't know Zoey at all.

Had the police not revealed the truth, he would have pinned it on her without hesitation. Wasn't that the kind of woman she was in

his eyes?

Yet now, his perceptions were being systematically dismantled.

How devastated was Zoey when Wendy stormed in, causing a scene that led to her beloved pup, Ozzy, being snatched from her

arms?

What emotions fueled her when she mustered the courage to confront the Haskins, her temper flaring to the point of almost

striking Wendy?

After being slapped by the man she fancied and skulking away, her world must have crumbled to dust.

Fitch had sailed through life with few setbacks, save for a shadow cast over his childhood. But Zoey, it seemed her entire existence

was cloaked in shadows.

The frustration was creeping back in. He regretted not keeping a cool head the previous night, for not taking the tto properly

evidence she

have been more patient, not

something irreplaceable, and no matter how desperately he tried to piece it back

seemed futile.

way about any woman. He

new puppy to Zoey earlier that day, it was

would be tearfully grateful, given her

Zoey was too

by the window, lighting what must have been his

a row, he

was holed up at home, too afraid to face the scorn of her social circle and the ridicule spreading like

she was, the situation left her cheeks

in her eyes when she saw Fitch's non her phone was unmistakable. She

her.

she whimpered, her

his reply was

"Where's Ozzy?"

as though a hand had clasped around her throat. She

that Fitch, of all people, would care about the

drained of color, her body

Fitch,

Fitch's gaze deepened.

she thought he was not only foolish but

at the thought that Fitch's call

with a mix

are we still getting

"Don't you know that?"

can. I truly care about you, I'd do anything for you. Fitch, no one loves you more than

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