Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 256

In the suite, a loud slap rang out. Haley was struck hard by her father, the force of the blow leaving her dizzy and disoriented, her vision swimming.

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Evelyn quickly stepped in front of Haley, confronting her husband. “Haley has been bullied like this, and you’re still able to hit her? How can you do this?”

“Idiot,” Logan growled. “You know full well that necklace has something to do with Ellie, and yet you still dared to say it in front of her. Where’s your brain?”

Haley had already lost count of how many times she’d been slapped that night.

Her face was so swollen and bruised it couldn’t even be described as pitiful, and her sobs were even more terrifying to hear. “I’ve thrown that necklace away!

“No one except me and Alex has ever seen it. No matter how much Ellie doubts it, she can’t catch me on anything.”

t your home. With your face like this, how are you going to face

“Enough, don’t say any more,” Evelyn cut in. “This isn’t your anyone? Let’s get you to the hospital first.”

As the first light of dawn crept in, at the Warren

Ellie sat across from them, clearly unsettled.

Todd and Nancy sat on

at Ellie, and finally sat

parents, then

slowly walked in, glanced at his

the side, creating some distance

head, his gaze darkening as

seriously. “Alex, when you wer

Why are you

made

continued, “Also, why did Haley

darting toward Ellie, his

long moment before finally speaking. “When I was kidnapped, I overheard the kidnappers on the phone saying the Warren family had called the police

Not only did she save me, but at a critical moment, she blocked a needle that was

head injury, couldn’t see clearly, and was disoriented. I ripped the necklace off my neck and gave it to her, telling her

was in a hospital, and over a week

got me to the hospital and called the police

face darkened. “Why didn’t you say

flicked toward Ellie again, his gaze cloudy. “Because I made a promise to that girl, to go back and find

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