Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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125 Judy Actually Cares

(Winona)

"You look awful," Judy says bluntly from the doorway.

I jumped because I didn't expect her to follow me up here. I thought she'd be hovering down in emergency for more news on Jayden.

"Let's get you in that shower." She takes Gordon's coat off my shoulders.

"I want to get all this blood off me," I admit, my voice breaking. The last thing I want to do is be this vulnerable in front of Judy, but I'm just so broken I can't put up any sort of emotional shield right now.

Judy surprises me by touching my hand gently. "Go take a shower. I'll stay here and wait for news. I'll have some clothes brought in for you immediately."

Her kindness catches me off guard. I search her eyes for any hint of ulterior motives but find only genuine concern. "Okay," I say, hesitant but grateful. "Thank you."

She nods, squeezing my hand briefly before letting go. "We're both here for Jayden. He needs us both to be strong."

I nod and head towards the bathroom, my legs feeling like they might give out at any moment.

Before I get under the water, I pull my cell phone from my pocket and message Anne, Lance, and Lisa, letting them know what's happened. That I can't talk just yet but just to watch the news. I place Jayden's phone beside mine. The symbolism catches in my throat.

I hear Judy on her phone too, calling Gus. I hear her say his name. Her voice is low, urgent, but I can't make out all of the words. I just hear the tremor in her tone, a reflection of the fear I feel.

the shower, letting the hot water wash away the blood and grime. I wash the blood off me that's soaked through my clothes. I cry as I don't want to wash him away from me really, it might be the last

bullet meant for me, and now he might not make it. How could Ashlyn get

in my mind. The sound of the gunshot. Waiting for the bullet to hit me and then Jayden on the ground. The chaos that followed. It's a nightmare I

losing him like this is unbearable, a pain so deep

wrap myself in the hospital gown I

step back into my room,

tone surprisingly caring. "There

do feel a little better," i admit. "Thank you

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for them. May as

so grateful for Jayden right now." I say as

a moment, we are just two women united by their love for the same man. The man who's fighting for his

live without him, no matter how much he's hurt me in the past. We've both been manipulated and controlled in the past. But I'm not letting that happen again.

I nod. "Come in."

He does.

gets up. "I'll go see where that

Now she's voluntarily giving

me a hug. "You did well. Everything has been dropped and you can

be removed from your home. Ashlyn is behind bars. and will stay that way

she really needs

worry about you, right now. How about Jayden, any

there's a lot of