Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 99

Chapter 99 *52*

Now all she could do was wait. Wait for Emma to see the message. Wait for the explosion she knew would follow.

Jane's gaze fixed on the window and the night stretching interminably beyond the glass. The darkness seemed to choke. yer maybe-maybe this attempt would finally allow her to breathe. She had played her card. There was no going back now. It was now left to fate. The weight didn't lighten off her shoulders, but for the first time in days, the storm inside her felt quiet.

AMAMA

Emma's screen glowed with the cold light of her laptop, as if to mock her, and Emma's finger seemed to hesitate over the email. Only the subject itself was able to tear at her chest and wring at her heart in a merciless manner. She could barely breathe, the walls of her apartment closing in around her.

"Your Secret's Time is Up. the subject says.

A wave of nausea rolled over her, her vision blurring for just a second. Her heartbeat pounded in her ears, drowning out everything. Clenching her jaw, she clicked on the email.

The message danced across the screen before her very eyes. As the message unfolded before her eyes, the words seared into her mind. Her breath caught in her throat, sharp and painful. The email wasn't an appeal. It wasn't a plea.

It was a dagger disguised as a threat, aimed straight at the core of her worst fears

The name underneath read: Jane Manson.

her palms. Her eyes ran down lines of text, each word pulling her deeper down some pit

Jane knows!

of her twins. The secret Emma had buried so deeply, the secret she had sworn to protect with every ounce of her being, was now tilting on the brink of exposure. Only two people in the world

mind hopped back to that night of the Aurora Honors, the words Annie had said to her- venomous-then the footsteps. Faint but unmistakable, receding just as Emma's voice had trembled with

Jane!

had to be the one. She must

room felt suffocating, as if the walls were pressing in, stealing her air. Emma leaned back, her eyes burning with anger. She could feel the bitter sting of panic, the

children.

Her

to shield them from the storm of her past. The thought of Alexander finding out of him stepping into their lives, of taking them away-it was unbearable! The thought clawed at her sanity, filling her veids with

and tried to stoly herself. Her heart was racing-like a wild, frantic drumbeat-but she knew she had to be sharp. This wasn't all about her anymore, it was about them-her twins, their happiness, their safety. She couldn't let things

and since Jane wished to fight, she would have given

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she needed to keep-this secret

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