Chapter 18

Claire’s eyes burned with hatred.

“Nathan’s a perfectionist about his grooming he’d never leave stubble in his razor,” I said softly. “You planted that evidence, didn’t you?”

“When he showed me those gloves I’d given him, everything clicked. He might have betrayed me, but he’d never use something I made as a bathroom prop.”

“You spotted me following that day. So you staged it all the stubble, the scarf, the lingerie carefully arranged on the

bed.”

“Then you saw my car and put on your little show. How pathetically desperate.”

I met her unhinged stare. “Your greed ruined everything. If you hadn’t tried to manipulate me with that shaving setup, you could’ve kept playing house in the shadows. You got greedy, Claire. That’s on you.”

Suddenly there was a blur of motion – Nathan’s hands wrapping around Claire’s throat.

You killed my parents and now you’ve taken Emma from

back as she went limp.

in, struggling to

completely unraveled. “I’ll

feet, gasping

your real family!” she shrieked. “She’s the one who destroyed everything – us, our son! She’s the one

deserves to die!”

me, something feral in her eyes. “Everything will be

A flash of metal

“Emma!”

like a scene in slow motion – Nathan throwing himself between us. The blade catching the harsh fluorescent lights

his white shirt like spilled wine. He

whispered, trying for that old familiar smile one

gave out. He crumpled like a marionette with

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