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...?"

He sighed, shaking his head,

while. It's good to

a loss

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

you've seen Geneva, haven't

the figure I'd seen at the hospital door,

than a father and daughter being

eyes

look like her mom,

scumbag.

punched the chair beside him in anger, then slowly calmed

years? What exactly happened? And about my

with complex emotions, I

truth was probably not far from

Galen a good five minutes before he

and offered to help,

was having minor

confirmed

the books, funneling the

escape abroad, hoping to

his word. Auntie didn't get the

evenly, unsure of how

vigorously, "Yes, it's all my fault,

ask for my forgiveness, and I didn't offer

was Talbot, but he was also a