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

her a chance to start

she was doing. She was digging her nails in deeper, her face turning whiter during the

and forced

one last icy glance, he let go of

stumbled, crashing into a chair that clattered against

paused for a moment

see Sophia, hand on the table, the other on her head, gasping for

face-off had drained her

Brandon stepped forward and, without a word,

trying to get down on her

Brandon, expressionless, pinned down her

His voice was

back. He carried her downstairs, put her in the

River-View Community, nor his place, but the place they'd once called

it as the home she'd lived in

Sophia straightened up instinctively.

Her voice was a low

ignored her, and stepped on

I

paid

finally stopped in the all-too-familiar underground

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