The Beginning Of All Sins

Chapter 210

“You can’t just go around helping everyone.”

No longer looking at Sophie, Claude walked away.

Since Sophie got back home, she kept sending messages to Olivia.

[I’m sorry, Olivia. I didn’t mean to keep it from you. Can we please meet and talk?]

[Olivia, please answer.]

[Let’s sort this out, Olivia.]

Olivia felt a bit better after seeing all of Sophie’s messages. She realized that even if she still had feelings for Jacob, being with him wasn’t possible.

It didn’t matter who he was with now. Since she couldn’t have his love, why not be happy for Sophie?

She texted back, [I’m happy for you, Soof.]

Sophie stared at the text message for a long time, her finger dangling on the screen. She didn’t know

what to say.

while, she texted back, shaking a little, [Does this mean we’re still friends?]

[Yes.]

with Jacob, including photos of

graduation: a house, two kids–a boy named Cody and a girl named Abby–a happy family. They’d live in his family home, where his mom would

had been holding onto these dreams. But now, as she watched the pictures burn, she realized those dreams were gone.

“Goodbye, Jacob. I wish you

midnight. She was lying in bed quietly, and he

burn everything?” he

the small fire in

a moment, Tyler said, “People say first

need anyone to tell me,” she replied quietly, her expression unchanged.

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making sure she was comfortable, then told the maid,

in and took it out. Glancing at the brazier, she saw that the corner of the last picture

up from Olivia’s bed, letting her

Hillary went