Angela POV

I paced the sterile hospital corridor, my borrowed clothes hanging loosely on my frame.

The fluorescent lights cast harsh shadows across the linoleum floor, making everything look washed out and unreal.

Sean sat on a plastic chair, his elbows resting on his knees, his wedding suit rumpled and stained with Christopher's blood.

The emergency room doors remained firmly shut. No matter how many times I approached the nurses' station, the answer was always the same: "The doctors are still working. We'll update you as soon as we can."

When David finally arrived, his face was pale with worry. His normally impeccable appearance was disheveled-tie askew, hair uncombed, as if he'd dropped everything and rushed over. His eyes widened when he saw us.

"What happened?" he asked, his voice strained.

Sean stood up, running a hand through his hair. "There was an incident at our wedding. A woman crashed the reception and attacked Angela with a knife. Christopher... he got between them."

"A woman?" David frowned. "Who?"

my tongue. The one who kidnapped me

woman who kidnapped you back

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worry. "Yes. She showed up at our wedding, claiming I had ordered someone to disfigure her face in prison." I looked at David directly. "She was

began pacing back and forth, checking his watch every few minutes, his fingers drumming anxiously against his thigh-not the controlled behavior of an employee concerned for his boss,

kidnapped. He even paid some prison connections to teach that woman a lesson.” He hesitate hen

the scars on Jennifer's face... Christopher

his head slowly. "I don't know the specifics. He just ordered someone to 'teach

I slid down the wall until was sitting on the floor, my mind racing. It all felt like some twisted script written by fate. If Christopher

is all my fault," I whispered, my voice breaking. "If I hadn't invited him to the

crouched down beside me, his hand firm on my

his choice. He knew exactly what he was doing when he stepped in front

a caged

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woman never sees daylight again," he said, his voice old and deadly. "She'll spend the

The cycle of violence seemed

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