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!"

the amusement park was no small

were stunned

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

had once sold, and six months ago, it was for

husband had bought it and even gifted it to Hayley. How could

phone buzzed with a notification

sent hundreds of virtual

Hayley looked at

Hayley, I love

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

congratulating

in a daze, unable to

been a curious little

revelation. C was short for Cyrus, and

go, friends. Can't

stream, leaving Nancy staring at

to find Cyrus and confront him about his betrayal. But before she could get far, she saw Cyrus hurrying