When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 177

Chapter 177



I didn't sleep a wink all night, constantly checking the time on my phone.

By eleven, I was already up, keeping an eye on the hallway.

Lisa had arranged for me to stay in the VIP suite, conveniently close to the staircase.

I counted the seconds in my head, and when I noticed the red light on the stairwell's security camera flicker off, I knew the surveillance system was updating.

Taking advantage of the distraction, I quickly left my room and headed up the stairs.

Two floors above my room was the rooftop. Pushing open the door, I gripped the pocket knife in my hand tighter.

The wind was biting cold, and I wrapped my jacket tighter around me, scanning the area.

Suddenly, the door shut behind me, and then I saw a hunched figure.

"Galen?"

I cautiously approached, and he spoke in a raspy voice, "Follow me."

He led me to a corner of the rooftop, sheltered from the wind and prying eyes.

Removing his hat and mask, I saw the scars on his face and instinctively covered my mouth to stifle my sobs. "Galen, how did you...?"

shaking his head, then

it's been a while. It's good to

nodded, at a loss

did he? But then again, maybe if I hadn't seen him, things

you've seen Geneva,

I'd seen at the hospital door, my voice

father

his eyes soft

used to look like

been behind her food poisoning, the scumbag. He was just trying to

him in anger,

all these years?

me with complex emotions, I didn't press

was probably not far from

good five minutes before he spoke

Talbot was a match and offered to help, but he wanted a favor

was having minor

confirmed Geneva's

into cooking the books, funneling the company's money into

arranged for their escape abroad, hoping to secure his

word. Auntie

evenly, unsure of how to

"Yes, it's all my fault,

forgiveness, and

as was Talbot, but he