Chapter 63 A Move Made Without Asking

In that moment, rage and shame crashed over her like a tidal

wave.

All the voices that once warned her echoed back, clearer than

ever.

Back when she had her whole life ahead of her, she gave it all up

-for him.

Carried his baby, thinking it would bind them.

Dreamed of a future. A family.

God, how could she have been so stupid?

She was so angry she almost felt calm.

Rebecca knew better than to meet brute force with brute force.

That never ended well. And she'd already lost more than she

could afford.

Without a word, she pushed herself off the floor, retrieved her

cracked phone, and walked into the bedroom.

The door clicked shut behind her, the lock sliding into place with a

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quiet finality. Only then did the tears begin to fall.

Outside, Richard mistook her silence for shame. He stormed up to the door and pounded on it, his voice shaking with rage.

"Rebecca! Open the damn door! Just tell me the truth-what's going on between you and Alistair? Have you been lying to me

this whole time?

"I gave up everything to come back to you. And this is what I get? Don't you even feel a shred of guilt?!"

His fists battered the wood like thunder.

Inside, Rebecca's hands trembled as she tapped the emergency

call button on the fractured screen.

"911, what's your emergency?"

"Yes," she said, voice tight with fear.

"Someone broke in and tried to hurt me. I'm locked in the bedroom, but he's right outside. Please-he's going to kill me."

opened her camera and

footage showed the door rattling under Richard's assault, his threats crystal

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He didn't stop.

Didn't apologize.

Didn't back down.

door

later, the sound that answered him wasn't her voice-but

the sirens reached her ears, Rebecca flung open the bedroom door and ran out,

She didn't hesitate.

into the arms of the nearest officer, she cried out, voice cracking with panic, "That's him! He broke in-he tried to assault me! When I said no, he lost it! He said he'd kill

word hit like a

fast-no questions, no

them surged forward, closing in

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Lucky Draw

where we

word out, Richard was slammed face-first onto the hardwood, his wrists yanked

the pampered heir, didn't stand a chance

breath shallow,

What the hell?!

who lied. She's the one who

it look like I'm

slap wiped out every

Richard.

to harm her, refusing to let the officers write it off as just some domestic dispute between an engaged

on her

itself. Richard was placed under administrative detention for

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knew

morning, the three of them sat together at

table, a picture

set off for a

plenty of kite-friendly spots

by the river near Ashbourne

even stop by Mabel's

drove farther and farther away from the city center, that

the windows, started to frown.

could sense something was off, Alistair certainly

replied, "Somewhere we

we won't get to

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I already called her. We'll visit

"Oh, okay."

sat silently, watching

he looked up again, the skyline was gone-replaced by

reading "Welcome to

all the

all night... That was... not

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