Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

OLIVIA

As I stood in the cell, my thoughts went to my grandma. What would happen to her now that I was locked up? My chest tightened as I thought of her and her fragile health. Hearing about my arrest might kill her.

Nick turned to the officer. “She’s to have no visitors and isn’t allowed outside. Let her rot in this cell. She can die here for all I care!”

My heart shattered into a million pieces. I felt hot and struggled to breathe. How was my grandmother going to know that I was all right if I couldn’t have visitors? This would kill her! My throat felt like it was closing, threatening to cut off my air supply. I wanted to give up so badly. But then I looked at the satisfied gleam in Sandra’s eyes. Determination flooded back into me. I wasn’t going to let that witch win.

By then, I was drenched in sweat, my eyes wide as saucers. I was sure I looked pale as a white sheet.

The nice policeman looked terrified. “Sir, she can’t breathe. Should I call the doctor?”

Maybe I should tell Nick I’m carrying his baby? “Nick, actually—”

“Why would you call a doctor?” Nick asked, snapping at the officer. “She’s faking to manipulate me—she’s a master at doing that.”

Tears continued to stream down my face. This was the man who once couldn’t stand to see me hurt, and now he was the one causing me the most pain.

wished I knew what she used and how, considering she had Nick eating out of the palm of her hand

abroad. I should’ve helped her find her own place to rent. If I had known her true

her a job in the finance department. Working there, she managed to make it look like I had stolen from my

with her, once

to me, shielding her with his body, further piercing my heart. He was

daring me to say another word. I swallowed the words trying to escape. “You’ve hurt this woman enough. You have no right to speak to her

to hear me out. I wanted to ask him to not to tell my grandmother about this, to lie and

spinning out of control. “The wife of the owner of Jones Enterprises was arrested this evening. The missus of

want her getting sick again. You know how fragile she is. Please, Nick

now that I’d lost him. I couldn’t let her to die;

to run that mouth of yours, don’t you?” Nick sneered. “Say one more word, and I’ll personally make sure that your precious grandmother learns firsthand what it’s like to have a thief for a granddaughter.

opened and closed my mouth, too afraid to speak. Instead, I opted to let

watched until he turned the corner and then broke into a choking sob, a lump in my throat making it hard to breathe. The man who had been my everything, who couldn’t go an hour without checking on me, was now my tormentor. It

water. I couldn’t understand why he was helping me, but I was

you did to cross a man like that,” he said, handing me

his offer, then gulped the water down. My hands shook so hard that the water spilled down my chin, soaking my chest. I gave the officer a sad smile. “What I did was to help my best friend,” I said, “and she turned him against me. If I’d