Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 146

“This is where it gets stranger,” Ava said and crossed her legs. “From what I found out, the mother got really obsessed with finding her son. She quit her job, cut off all her friends, and went into debt, hiring a bunch of private investigators. She barely ate or slept. The only thing she cared about was finding her son.”

“That poor woman.”

“I know, it’s awful,” Ava agreed. “So, eye witnesses claim to have seen the boy’s mother make a few trips to the Windsor family home. Two weeks after that, she died from a gas explosion. Her ex–husband had been in the house too, and they both died on impact from the explosion.”

My blood turned to ice. “Are you serious? That can’t be a coincidence!”

“I agree, but I’ll have a hell of a time proving that it wasn’t,” she said and sighed.

We were quiet for a moment, and then I told Ava about how Ethan asked me to write a letter of understanding for Chole. My friend’s eyes widened as I detailed my ex–husband’s threats to my family and how he had locked me in that private room.

“He is such an asshole,” Ava muttered after I was finished.

“You’re telling me,” I said and grabbed a throw blanket to cover me since this whole eerie situation was making me colder by the second.

Ethan’s threats today, along with the bizarre way that the boy’s parents

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my throat as I thought about my family’s safety and the fact that Ethan could

did that to you,” she said with anger

her comforting touch, and my heart

the doorbell rang, making me jump

head to stare at me with panic in her eyes.

would be at the

electric oven, not gas,” Ava joked, but her

should go stand in the hallway,” I suggested.

Ava nodded in agreement.

as soon as we went to another room, my stomach dropped

is at the door will

I said and pointed in

was when a large gust of

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shiver. Ava’s white curtains were billowing because the glass

doors before you left your apartment,” I

could see the panic that

I clearly remember closing the doors and locking

murmured as my

more. Then, someone began to pound on the door.