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.”

went to get the phone, Lizetta quickly waved

waiting on him. It’s his

the one chasing him

cooked dinner and waited for Remington at home, calling to nag and ask when he’d be back. How often had those

answer was always the same: Remington was

living room sofa and started flipping through TV channels out of boredom.

darkness, and one by one, the garden lights came on outside.

no sound of a car pulling in.

told Edith to get dinner ready.

hesitated, “Mrs. Dashiell, maybe you should wait for Mr. Dashiell a bit longer, or I could give him at

went icy as she headed for the dining room.

doesn’t come back, I don’t get to eat?”

Dashiell said he would be back, he’s sure to

the hint that Lizetta had been stood up

Edith silently instructed the servants to prepare the meal.

appetite wasn’t dampened; she ate quite

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of strolls around the garden with the servants to digest, then changed into her dance gear and practiced the basics

to wash up and

instinctively reached out to

was cold as ice, empty

Laughable, really.

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

funnier was that she couldn’t keep her cool.