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!"

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

were

given Silverleaf Manor, the home she had longed for

her parents had once sold, and six months ago, it was for sale because the owner

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

buzzed with

sent hundreds of

Nancy and Hayley looked at

Hayley, I

beamed, "There's my boyfriend! See, I

congratulating Hayley and her

a daze, unable to focus on

account name, which had once been a curious little

short for Cyrus, and

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

Nancy staring at her dark

a sudden burst of energy, Nancy dashed out, desperate to find Cyrus and confront him about his betrayal. But before she could get far, she saw Cyrus hurrying out of the