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

assault, his threats crystal clear

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He didn't stop.

Didn't apologize.

Didn't back down.

door

that answered him wasn't her

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

She didn't hesitate.

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

hit like a match to

officers moved fast-no

surged forward, closing in

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Lucky Draw

where we

slammed face-first onto the hardwood, his

the pampered heir, didn't

there, frozen-eyes wide, breath shallow, chest

What the hell?!

who lied. She's

look like I'm the

wiped out every last illusion Rebecca

Richard.

that Richard had tried to harm her, refusing to let the officers write it off as just some domestic

on her face and

itself. Richard was placed under

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course, knew none of

three of them sat

a picture

a

of kite-friendly spots in New York, but

near Ashbourne Manor was a particularly

by Mabel's for a quick visit.

away from the city center, that assumption

view blur past the windows, started to frown.

could sense something was off,

we haven't been

we won't get to visit Great-grandma today? Won't she be

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worry, sweetie. I already called her. We'll visit her

"Oh, okay."

watching the scenery

halfway point. When he looked up again, the skyline was gone-replaced by stretches of low buildings,

view reading "Welcome to

driven them all the way to

night... That was...

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