Chapter 16

I went to my father’s house.

He’d remarried when I was right to another professor, and they had my held brother 14 yeye ge years, not wanting to disrupt their carefully built life.

But right now, I desperately needed family

They were startled to see me on their doorstep all three ruding around, offering water, firing a plate of fresh fr

glaw

and cheese.

1 fell into a deep sleep on their couch, surrounded by the familiar smell of books and coffee

I slept longer and more peacefully than I had in months.

When I woke, it was evening. They were all reading quietly in the living room–the two professors and ar

brilliant son.

a bowd of homemade soap shed tem tempor warm. She called my name awkwardly, offering to heat up more. Then she pulled my brother into extern, giving Dad and me space,

studied me carefully,

hurting, aren’t you,

I broke down.

hit at once- discovering Claire, finding out about Cooper, the accident, two months trapped in that mountain house.

life had imploded, one revelation after another.

had time to process the pain before being thrown into the next nightmare, each crisis forcing me to become someone harder, someone different.

hurting. But what hurt most was remembering Nathan risking his life to save me.

left him

listened to everything without interrupting, his academic’s patience

waiting for my tears to slow, he spoke

too powerful and too obsessed with you. He’ll keep causing problems. So we fight back – divorce him, take the company.”

by this calculating side of

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