Chapter 15

Claire faced legal consequences for her attack. Her career was finished.

I visited Alexander once in the hospital.

Seven years of marriage, now reduced to a tragic joke.

His skin was twisted and puckered, like scorched earth after a wildfire.

His eyes flickered with hope when he saw me. His cracked lips moved, voice hoarse: “Evelyn, you came.”

Looking at the man before me stirred complicated emotions.

I placed the flowers gently on the bedside table, my gaze meeting his scarred face.

There was no love in my eyes now, only complexity.

“Alexander, thank you for taking the acid meant for me.”

always remember that you

He reached for my hand but stopped mid–air,

you must see I wasn’t lying–you mean

before. Please give me one more chance.”

get reconstructive surgery abroad. I won’t look like before, but at least I

I turned away. “Alexander, I’m grateful you took that hit for me, but

what you

years. The trust

his lips trembling

of sacrifice–especially when you created this situation. What happened to you was self–inflicted; what almost happened to me was collateral damage

fell over the room, broken only

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at him in that hospital bed, I felt no anger anymore–pair Bone day

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