Chapter 296

Macro froze, his brain buzzing one second and blank the next.

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He stared at Sebastian, eyebrows scrunching up as he said, “If he’s still alive, why hasn’t he even tried reaching Sofia all this time?”

Sebastian just looked back, not saying a word.

Why? The question sat there, heavy.

For a split second, Sebastian’s eyes darkened, and he dropped his gaze to the floor.

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It was quiet in the room, with wind sneaking through the cracks, whistling faintly.

That weird call–it was Caitlin again, dialing Stephanie from yet another borrowed phone.

God knows how many phones the Hart family had burned through by now. Their own phones had been blocked, yup, all of them.

When Caitlin’s voice came through, it was wild and rough. “He’s your brother! How can you be so cold about this?”

“Stephanie, what’s your heart even made of–ice? You’re fine letting your own brother lose his hands? You-” Her voice shook hard, like she was about to lose it.

She’d already passed out once from pure rage. Now she was back, and her anger was blazing hotter than ever.

The second the call picked up, she let loose, hurling accusations like a storm.

Stephanie’s eyes narrowed just a bit, but her voice stayed cool, almost flat. “Icy heart or not, how would you know? None of you ever bothered trying to warm it up.”

heart couldn’t soften–but

family sure hadn’t. They’d never come close,

shown her from day one how chilly family ties could really

voice snapping through the

knows damn

voice spiked, loud and sharp. The anger in her chest was

kept going, totally unfazed. “After Olivia got sent overseas, he came after

went quiet. It hitched, like someone had grabbed her by the

say?” she asked, her voice

almost got snatched–you called it me being paranoid. But you knew it was Tyler, didn’t you? Just wanted to cover

tone was

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words hit harder, though, making Caitlin gasp loud enough to

stumbled, words

did I know?” Stephanie finished for her, a little smirk

Stephanie could tell she’d nailed

with a quiet,

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a soft chuckle, dripping with sarcasm. “Makes sense, though. If you’d protect an adopted

to argue. “No, it’s not like that! Yeah, he screwed up that one time, but I

cut her off, eyes going cold. “And if I’d gotten taken

of Caitlin’s excuses–her ears

into him? It was not like Tyler was five,

wasn’t just once, was it? Even after all your ‘talks‘?”

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