The Road to Rebirth Her Fresh Start and His Late Sorrow by Helena R. Bates

Chapter 5

Nancy felt like a bucket of ice water dumped over her head. Her pupils dilated in shock, and she gripped her phone so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

The online chat exploded with comments.

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Skeptics voiced their disbelief.

[Yeah, right. As if you could give away an amusement park like it's nothing, huh?]

[Last time, celeb Shelly claimed her mystery boyfriend gave her Silverleaf Manor, but where's the deed to prove it? Probably, Hayley's made up the boyfriend, too.]

Looking a bit distressed, Hayley asked, "Why won't you believe me?"

She then pulled out two property deeds from her purse.

"This one's for the amusement park, and this one's for Silverleaf Manor. Why would I lie about something like this? My boyfriend loves me!"

of Silverleaf Manor and the amusement park was no small matter. Silverleaf Manor was worth a fortune, easily over hundreds

were

froze in place, her world crumbling. Cyrus had given Silverleaf Manor, the home she had longed for and lived in

six

it to Hayley. How could Cyrus be so cruel to

phone buzzed with

of

looked at the account name, their expressions

I love you,

"There's my boyfriend! See, I told you how much he

wild, congratulating

unable to focus on

which had once been a curious

for Cyrus,

announced, "Gotta go, friends. Can't wait to see my

the stream, leaving Nancy staring at her dark screen, still

Nancy dashed out, desperate to find Cyrus and confront him about his betrayal. But before she could get far, she saw Cyrus