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!"

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 wasn't out of the question that

to watch

Do you think Mrs. Dashiell plotted it

possible she'd been kidnapped? But Remington's focus on Yolanda seemed to suggest he believed Mrs. Dashiell

Her unexpected gentleness, how she cherished the flowers he gave her yesterday,

their wedding, that his efforts of being her company were making a

all along,

like

chilling wind slicing through, freezing his blood, a slow, excruciating

"Huh, is staying by my side so unbearable for

and alone, than remain "Mrs. Dashiell"? Remington's laugh was bitter, the sound chill to the bone, sending shivers

thinking she could just

allow her to leave. Once he found her, he'd teach her a

got a temper. If she gets

Ray said in concern, seeing that Remington had