Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 286

Lizetta must’ve been really beat, cause she took another nap in the afternoon.

When she woke up, there was a killer sunset outside the window, splashing the floor with all sorts of

vibrant colors

Lizetta headed downstairs and Edith greeted her with a chuckle.

Mrs. Dashiell, you tide you over?”

must be starving, Mr. Dashiell ain’t back yet. How about a little dessert or something to

Being cooped up, Lizetta did nothing but eat and sleep, she felt like Remington was fattening her pig for the slaughter.

She wasn’t feeling peckish, shook her head and asked, “Did he say when he’d be back?”

After a day to simmer down, Lizetta had chilled out quite a bit.

She figured she’d have a real talk with Remington when he got back.

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like a

Edith shook her head, “No call from Mr. Dashiell. Want me to pass you the phone so you can give him a nudge? He’d probably be thrilled.”

to get the phone, Lizetta quickly waved it off.

on him. It’s his call to come

want to be the one chasing him with calls.

back, Lizetta remembered all the times she had cooked dinner and waited for Remington at home, calling to nag and ask when he’d be back. How often had those calls gone unanswered? Many

Remington was

down on the living room sofa and started flipping through TV channels out

twilight sky was slowly swallowed by darkness, and one by one, the garden

of a car

hungry, Lizetta stood up and told Edith

Dashiell, maybe you should wait for Mr. Dashiell a bit longer, or I could give

she headed

he doesn’t come back, I don’t

no, it’s just that Mr. Dashiell said he would be back,

the hint that Lizetta had

instructed the servants to prepare the

wasn’t dampened;

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garden with the servants to digest, then

went back to her room to wash

and instinctively reached out

was cold as ice, empty

Laughable, really.

make amends, to fulfill his husbandly duties, locked her up here, and then didn’t come

that she couldn’t keep