Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Bang.

Mid-sentence, Cara felt a sudden thud at the back of her neck, darkness enveloped her vision, and she collapsed onto the bed.

Lizetta was standing with a metal pipe in her hand, carefully dismantled from a floor lamp just moments ago.

Seeing Cara go down, Lizetta quickly jumped off the bed and dragged Cara onto it.

Afraid that Cara would wake up, Lizetta tied Cara's hands and feet with some clothes and gagged her. Only then did Lizetta, panting heavily, slump beside the bed. Even these actions had left her feeling drained.

But Lizetta had noticed, for the past two days, Cara had been leaving the house at 4:30 AM to do her shopping.

Time was almost up. Pushing herself to stand, Lizetta hurried out of the room.

The mansion was eerily quiet, allowing Lizetta to sneak into Cara's room with ease.

When Lizetta emerged from the room, she was wearing a hat and carrying a shopping bag, her head slightly bowed and back hunched, mimicking Cara's walk to a tee. She grabbed the car keys at the entrance, took a deep breath, and left the mansion.

Outside, under the portico, stood two bodyguards.

past them, heading towards the

at her. Her bag tilted, and

it, picked it up, and continued on

she walked, and her attire, left no doubt in their minds that she was Cara. Lizetta managed to

heart raced as she left the

doctor would come up to dress her wounds, and they would realize something was

an hour and wasted no time

a call from the bodyguards informing him that

Remington Dashiell, I'm on

check the surveillance footage and track her down," Ray said, about to start his search when Remington interrupted with a stern

heading to the

Lizetta's abnormal behavior flashed through his mind, his hands

too eager for

loss of their baby? When she had asked him

left last

realized, a vein throbbing on his forehead. Damn it, he just hoped he