Chapter 4

Chapter 4

After the chastic, mud–slinging fight, screwed rickly tired, eager to ne hote it would all play ant

Kevin struggled to drag Stephanie away from the wee

Olivia’s face contorted in pain, her eyes brimming with tears the glanced at Chris Chris L.

Chris’s face twisted into a mask of rage

He barked at Kevin, still holding on to Stephanie. Get her out of herenow

Stephanie yanked at Kevin’s grip, but he wasn’t about to let go.

It was the first time he’d realized just how strong she was–he could barely hold her back.

“Come on. Miss Giovanni, let’s go, Kevin urged.

That’s when Stephanie suddenly remembered something.

“My bag! My bag, she rushed to say.

The bag she’d used to hit Chris was lying next to him. In a fit of fury, Chris grabbed it and hurled it at her.

Kevin snatched it out of the air just in time, shoving it into Stephanie’s arms. “Got it, let’s go.”

Finally, the chaos started to settle.

Kevin managed to drag Stephanie to the car, planning to take her home, but she wouldn’t have it.

She didn’t want to be anywhere near Chris–or anything related to him–so she drove off by herself.

Chris, still dazed from the blow to his head, stood frozen for a moment.

When his mind finally clicked back into place, his eyes landed on Olivia–her hair a mess and her leg swollen. His anger toward Stephanie flared up even more.

he scooped Olivia up into his arms. “I’m taking you to the

as she

that, Kevin rushed to bring

the spot where they’d parked, the car was gone.

took the car,” Kevin said, his voice full of frustration as he stood behind Chris.

but she’d been quick–and now she was gone in

darkened even

“I’ll grab another

waiting for a response, Kevin dashed off–he had

light to change, her

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picked it up and saw it was

vnapped, “Come time tonight ww wwif

of water, her voice list. “Can’t Tak

knew ready what Carte wawe no ralk about–and she didn’t want

with what? You

jolt of bitterness rise in her chee. She won Carline dmghter, but there was no love in the relationship

to take care of him instead? Stephanie shot

silence hung on the line.

knew exactly what

with Olivia two years ago

hadn’t left back then, she’d probably be sitting in a

and the Hart family were clearly worried Stephanie would

slightly. “That’s all in the past, Stephanie. You need to let it

getting

in a sharp gust of wind, and Stephanie felt the chill sweep across her neck, biting

almost

with irony. “Catlin, I almost died in that

months in a hospital

if Stephanie returned

to end Stephanie’s life, to make sure she never

Catlin, Stephanie’s own mother, was blaming her–the

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