Chapter 1555:

She pointed at herself.

“I mean, look—I survived, right? Still standing. Isn’t that enough?”

Her chest tightened with pain. The words nearly caught in her throat. “So that’s it? We just forget it ever happened?”

“No, that’s not it…” Eric said, panic rising. “I didn’t say anything because—”

Hadley cut him off, her voice shaking. “Because you wanted to protect Linda, right?” A broken laugh escaped her lips, her eyes glistening with unshed tears.

She was laughing at him… but mostly at herself.

“Do you know how I kept myself from falling apart? Because you were always kind to me. Because you treated Joy so well, like you really care.”

“I do!” Eric insisted, reaching for her hand.

myself—he simply didn’t know. Because if he

and unwavering,

“That’s not true…”

at him in disbelief. “Don’t lie to me, Eric. The truth is right here, staring us both

faltered. He tried to justify himself. “There


smile. “Then tell me—if that’s not indifference,

desperate. “I didn’t choose silence to protect Linda—it

at him, stunned. The explanation rang hollow. “What

tell. Ernest had confided in no one—not even

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he break

a low, humorless

took a deep, exhausted breath, as if her spirit

her again, frantic with

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