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.

into his arms. “I’m taking

welled up in Olivia’s eyes as she nodded weakly.

Kevin rushed to bring the car around.

he reached the spot where they’d parked, the car

his voice full of frustration as he stood behind

had planned to drive Stephanie, but she’d been

face darkened

Chris’s growing frustration, Kevin quickly added, “I’ll grab another car from the garage.”

had

light to change,

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picked it up and saw it was a call from her

vnapped, “Come time tonight ww wwif

of water, her

knew ready what Carte wawe no ralk about–and she didn’t want to hear it.

con through “Twy? with what? You haven’t even been trying with Chris?

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

Olivia to take care of him instead?

silence hung

what Catlin was

Olivia two years

she’d probably be sitting in a jail cell

Hart family were clearly worried Stephanie would stir

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

getting cold.

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

a moment, she almost forgot the

died in that

spent two whole months in a hospital bed after

behind the crash. She feared that if Stephanie returned to the Hart family,

to end Stephanie’s life, to make sure

mother, was

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