When had Daniel arrived?

He was all she had left in the world.

No!

She couldn't lose Daniel.

She wouldn't-she couldn't!

All sense of dignity abandoned her. Rebecca crawled and stumbled to Daniel's side, clutching him in a desperate embrace. Her voice trembled as she pleaded, "Daniel, listen to me, let me explain! This isn't what it looks like-Anthea set me up! It was her! Everything was her fault..."

Daniel stood there like a marionette with its strings cut, eyes empty. "I saw it. I saw everything..."

He'd always believed Rebecca was sweet and innocent.

He'd even gone so far as to turn his back on his own father for her.

And for what?

What did he get in return?

Nothing but endless lies.

He'd thought of Rebecca as a friend, a confidant.

But to Rebecca, what was he?

Just a fool to be played with.

He'd used to resent Sherman and Karen for not seeing the truth.

But now he realized-he was the one who had been blind.

He was the real fool.

An absolute idiot.

idiot alive," he

away with sudden violence. "Get out of my

as if grasping at a lifeline,

Yes, that was it.

She was pregnant.

abandon

hit the doorframe. A chill swept through

it-Rebecca, carrying

How was this possible?

on his shoulder. "You're just the fall guy, Daniel. Relax-the

you

coat

unwell, so she'd gone to the hospital

hadn't expected to actually be

Anthea gotten hold

from Anthea and scanned the printed words.

fallen for

Nearly.

that moment, sirens

up the

metal snapped

was officially

the patrol car disappeared into the night. He turned to Anthea and

was wrong! I'm

to his knee a

past weighed on him, each one a regret sharper than

He'd misjudged everyone.

been such a

only he could go back

do anything, give

just to

This old self.

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