Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 510

Chapter 510

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“Ellie, your hand!” Joanna’s voice broke through Ellie’s thoughts, and it was only then that she noticed the blood smudged across her palm.

She turned to glance at the railing she had just touched, and when she wiped it with her sleeve, she saw it was stained entirely with blood.

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At that moment, she was certain Alex had been there. Taking the small red drum from Joanna’s hands, Ellie returned to her room in tense silence.

it. Feeling defeated, Ellie sat on the

it, the more uneasy she felt. This was clearly a toy

seven in the evening, Jason and Aaron returned home, which prompted Ellie to hurry down the stairs. “Ellie, let me show you something,” Aaron said, pulling out his phone

from everyone, she sat down and opened the video. It showed Alex vandalizing a maternity store,

and limping awkwardly with one arm

reached the door, he turned back to grab the red drum and stuffed it into his pocket like it

more her vision blurred. “I’m heading upstairs.” Ellie declared, standing up abruptly.

Yet, she had shared this secret with no one–not even her family. ‘How could he

her eyes, she pictured him storming out of the maternity store with the baby

in her arms, her sobs were muffled. When she heard a knock

with Aaron and Jason hanging back in the doorway, Ellie desperately tried to dry her eyes, but the