Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 549

"Mom, I told you-if you want to leave, just go. Don't worry about me."

Disappointment clouded Ada's eyes. After everything she'd been through, battered and bruised, her own son Simon hadn't once called out Michael for it. The coldness stung more than any wound.

"Simon, can't you see it? Your dad's useless, a total waste, and Dylan is dangerous. If your father ever does something stupid and messes with Dylan, we're all done for. Dylan won't let us off the hook."

She couldn't bring herself to tell Simon that Dylan had shown up last night. With Simon's temper, she was afraid he'd do something reckless.

But Simon just scoffed. "Honestly, I hope Dad does try to take on Dylan. The Ferguson family should never end up in his hands anyway."

Ada's heart plummeted as she caught the bitterness and ambition in Simon's eyes. It was over.

The Ferguson family-so toxic, so messy-had finally pulled Simon down with it.

She had to find a way out. She had to get her son away from all of this.

After all these years in the Capital, she'd seen how the game was played. People worshipped power and crushed the weak. If you lost, you lost everything— especially if you lost to Dylan. There was no coming back from that.

She didn't say another word.

Simon, growing impatient, shot her a look. "Don't call me unless it's important. I'm busy lately."

smile and let the housekeeper help her tend to her

left the house, lit up a cigarette, and tried

pulled out his phone and called Megan. "Still nothing from

tense. Clara had suddenly gone to see

vanished, and Megan had no idea if

uncertainty

"Nothing," she said.

edat

at a pebble on the sidewalk, taking a long drag. "I staked out Palm Bay all night. People at Ferguson

Clara at Palm

bad for her.

something

busy picking

jealousy flare

did it

didn't deserve Dylan.

tightened around

say

two weeks? Why

down, she wasn't so sure. Dylan's

darker suspicion