Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Summer City was near to Zion City, only a two-hour drive.

A convoy of luxury cars sped through the night, with one man sitting in one of them and making call after call. His grim profile reflected against the window made Ray, sitting in the passenger seat, too nervous to even breathe too loudly.

The Lee family were the big fish in Summer City, looking to expand their territory up north, but that was Remington territory. If the Lees wanted a piece of the pie, they needed Remington's say-so. They weren't exactly playing by the book, and Remington had already turned them down once. But now, Ray heard that Remington was back in touch with the Lees.

Remington was willing to make concessions, willing to turn Summer City upside down if it meant finding his wife.

After wrapping up a few urgent calls, Remington turned to Ray.

"Was Yolanda at the West family dinner?"

"Yeah, Mr. Sterling brought her along."

Remington's voice was cold, "Send some of our best to keep an eye on her!"

would've known about it beforehand. Even if she didn't know where Lizetta was, the latter would surely reach out to her eventually. Given that Lizetta was pregnant with Daisy, and Yolanda was like a sister to her, it

to watch her

think Mrs. Dashiell plotted it and left voluntarily,

nothing was certain yet. Was it possible she'd been kidnapped? But Remington's focus on Yolanda seemed to suggest he believed Mrs. Dashiell had left

few days. Her unexpected gentleness, how she cherished the flowers

she was finally moving past the displeasure in their wedding, that his efforts of being her company

appeared she'd been planning to leave all along, to escape him and take their Daisy

realization felt like

slicing through, freezing his blood, a slow, excruciating pain that

is staying by my side so unbearable for

"Mrs. Dashiell"? Remington's laugh was bitter, the sound chill

girl had really grown up, thinking she could just disappear

to leave. Once he found

If she gets

said in concern, seeing that Remington had dismissed the