Chapter 320

Brandon's forehead veins were pulsing like mad, trying to hold back his emotions. The way he was looking at Sophia was fierce and intense, like he was about to go ballistic.

Palms sweating up a storm, Sophia was wound up so tight from the tension that her recently bumped head was spinning more and more.

Her fingernails were digging into her palms, the pain keeping her brain from totally fogging up.

The thought of protecting her kid trumped everything else.

She could live without Brandon, but she couldn't go on without Theresa.

Brandon's dad had made his stance crystal clear-they weren't going to welcome Theresa with open arms.

Sophia knew Daniel and Patricia all too well. If they weren't keen on you, they had a whole arsenal of ways to knock your confidence and bring the pain.

And they sure would know how to hurt a kid.

Physical wounds heal, but the scars from words and attitudes stick around forever.

In the same city, with Brandon's parents, and in an age where everyone's connected, she can't just put up walls and expect to keep them out.

Sophia wasn't about to let Theresa go through what she'd been through.

Adults can patch themselves up, but kids? Not so much. And she couldn't put her trust in Brandon. Their divorce was the end product of a slow build-up of

hadn't given her a chance to start rebuilding any

was digging her nails in deeper, her face turning whiter during

watched her go pale and forced himself to not go

icy glance, he let go of her hand and

into a chair that clattered against the table, causing

for a

back to see Sophia, hand on the

face-off had drained her

face, Brandon stepped forward and, without a word,

trying to get down on

expressionless, pinned down

push me." His voice was

her downstairs, put her

took her home. Not her current place at River-View Community, nor his place, but

car neared the neighborhood, Sophia finally recognized it as the home she'd lived in for two years. A choking feeling hit her as the familiar scenery

Sophia straightened up instinctively.

go in there, please." Her voice was

and

"Brandon, don't do this. I don't want to go

paid her

stopped in the all-too-familiar underground garage,

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