Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 285

Audrey’s POV

I held the smoking gun, a bullet hole in the ceiling. “Just checking it wasn’t a fake. It’s real enough.”

A middle-aged woman rushed in behind Adrian and grabbed the gun, passing it to someone outside. “Put this away!”

She turned to me, anxiety written across her face. “Does this mean you’re choosing to live?”

I studied her carefully. Unlike Adrian, her eyes showed genuine concern. She seemed kind – nothing like the man who’d handed me a loaded gun.

“Yes, I’m choosing life,” I said firmly. “But not on your terms.”

I tossed the newspapers toward them. “My friends need help. They’ve been set up.”

Adrian laughed. “In your condition? What help could you possibly be?”

“I’m still going back,” I matched his stare.

The woman sat beside me. “Child, I’m your sister’s mother Eleanor. I understand how you feel, but you’re nowhere near strong enough for travel.”

“And you owe me,” Adrian cut in. “Ten million in treatment costs. We risked everything bringing you here. Without us, you’d be in the ground.”

just

For once, his face showed something besides coldness. He stared at me like he was seeing someone else through

your sister,” he finally said, his voice lower. “In her final days, finding her lost family

with Emma because she’s your niece. Adrian travels constantly. She needs a

on mine. “But we won’t force you. Recover first, then

–

Adrian wasn’t

about my sister,” I asked. “What

Optimistic, even knowing her time was limited.

Her last wish was to meet you, to ask you to care

breath. “I

do know one thing I’m choosing to live, whatever happens

therapy, learning to work with muscles that had atrophied during my coma.

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for a business call one afternoon, I

sister,” I said. “The real

shoulders drooped slightly.

tote bag and handed it to me. “This

opened it and froze. The woman staring back at me was… me, but not me. Same face,