Chapter 297

Chapter 297

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“You little–okay, he screwed up, but I put a stop to it after, didn’t I? You didn’t even get hurt,” Caitlin said, her voice thick and whiny, like she was the one wronged.

Stephanie let out a dry laugh, one side of her mouth twitching up. “Oh, got it. So I’m always the bad guy here, huh?”

Caitlin fumbled. “I…”

Stephanie’s dig hit her hard, tightening her chest like a weight had dropped on it.

“I’ve always wanted us to get along. Why do you have to act like this? I’ve been trying so hard to keep things cool,” Caitlin said, her voice shaky and full of seemingly hurt.

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Her voice climbed, cracking with feeling. “Olivia’s out there with no help, Tyler’s got one hand left, and the company’s about to crash.”

“And this is what I get for begging you to come back? Stephanie, tell me–what else are you gonna do to us?” Caitlin’s scream ripped through the phone, raw and frantic.

Stephanie watched her play the victim card, like it was all her fault. Her heart went cold.

This lady–her mom? She scoffed quietly to herself.

Stephanie snorted, voice still steady. “Pretty sure I’m the one who paid first.”

“I’ve almost died because of you guys more than once.” She leaned on the window, staring out at nothing.

There was that mess with Olivia, then Tyler coming at her three different times. The third time, she’d smashed one of his hands–and that finally shut him up.

not good at a lot,” she said, pausing, “but if someone messes with

went on, “Tell them to stay the hell away from me. And drop the

apart, I’m the one who ends up swinging. Then you still point at me like I’m the

her tongue, so over this family.

on the Harts–short, simple, done.

time Olivia got close, she’d act all friendly, but it was a setup. Got her butt kicked

a loop

couldn’t even get a sentence out, Stephanie ran out

paid,

Fiorenza, the Hart family would find every excuse in the book to blow up her

was over playing nice–she didn’t have the energy for it

went right up to Elliot and

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Chapter 297

her so much of Sebastian’s–her mind flicked back to that time he’d pulled a gun without even

still creeped her out a little. Her knees even shook

Elliot saw it was her, the ice in his

it casual but firm. “Hey, could you get me a new SIM card?”

dodging it. Her old number was done, harassed to death.

even pull it off–Borrowing one phone after another, call after

used

ready to throw them into the black hole of no–contact, where she’d never hear a peep again.

came upstairs, he caught Stephanie mid–chat, and she was

her a new phone,” Sebastian said,

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