When Love Comes Late by PASSION

Chapter 2405

Doreens response was sharp and decisive.

Youve got the wrong person I dont know you, and theres no collaboration to discuss.

Without waiting for a reply, she turned to Leave.

The woman called after her, her tone eerily composed, If you change your mind, you know where to find me.

Ill be waiting.

Doreen dismissed her as crazy and ignored the remark, pushing the door open to Leave the dimly lit cinema.

As soon as she stepped out into the night, her phone buzzed with a distress call from Phillis.

Doreen couldnt bring herself to ignore the plea.

Reluctantly, she decided to return to her parents home.

She hadnt Lived there since college, and the last time she visited was before Stellas wedding. That visit had ended in violence when her father had beaten her again.

never to step foot in that shadowy

past tugged at her thoughts,

dilapidated house stood in eerie silence, its thin walls doing little to

curses and the womans broken sobs echoed clearly through the

the door, and the

the floor, her hair clenched in Preston Coopers fist as he shouted,

the man away with all her

of my mom! Her anger flared white-hot as her gaze fell on Phillis bruised

your mind? she shouted, her voice

unrestrained fury, but beneath the anger was deep distress as she took in her

anything, that she could make Preston feel even a fraction of the pain he had

But Preston remained unrepentant.

himself with the arrogance of a man who felt no shame,

money, he

and Ill

tinged with irrationality, as if he genuinely believed his daughter owed

her expression a mixture of