Chapter 314

OLIVIA

I didn’t know if I could trust Nick, not after what I heard. The way they told me about Sandra being dead and showed no emotion and yet he killed her. It told me he could not be trusted. If he could go on with his life as if nothing happened after killing Sandra it meant he could lie about Xander as well.

What Xander did hurt me, and it also hurt my son. I wanted him out of our lives the same way I wanted Sandra out of our lives. But after thinking about it. after saying that to him, the man dragged my husband with him, if he was dragged, and they went and killed Sandra.

Neither of them seemed worried or abnormal as if they had taken a life before Sandra. I told Nick what I wanted when I was angry about what Xander did and after a while thought about what happened with Sandra and called him.

I didn’t want him killing people because I told him I wanted them out of my life. He was not Luke, he was not a murderer, well, was not a murderer. That was before Sandra. But even the way he answered when I called, he seemed fine as if he were telling the truth. The question was, could I put my trust in him and take his word for it?

“Mom, want ice–cream.” Samuel snapped me out of my trance. We were coming from seeing his therapist, for the first time outside of our home. I thought taking him out of the house as the therapist suggested would be good

for him.

He seemed livelier and I liked that. To me, it meant my son was getting better. But we couldn’t be sure since it was still early days. “Okay, baby, we can get ice–cream.” He grinned. God! I missed seeing him smile like that.

needed protecting. It broke my heart to see him that way. I had been sleeping in his room, so I could be there for him when

felt a hand on mine. I snapped out of it and looked. It was my husband’s hand. When I turned to him, he wiped a tear that had fallen from

My heart fluttered; butterflies swum in my stomach. That was the yearning I felt

with me to feel whole again. I didn’t know how much I needed it until I heard his voice when I was so out of

hand as he drove. “Want me to go and get it?” I looked back at Samuel, and he was already on his feet, excitement

wait until Lilly was that age,

when my father and

was annoyed; it was as if those people didn’t have their own homes to go

Samuel saw Nick, he let go of my hand and ran to him.

heart, I regretted separating them but was also grateful to Luke for telling him about Nick and showing him pictures. It helped with their relationship.

nodded.

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still standing at the doorway. He opened his arms wide, I wasn’t going to hug him, but he had a vulnerable look in his eyes.

and threw myself at him. His hold tightened around me. He kept kissing the top of

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