you as my best friend, Vivian, and I took you as my husband, Dominic.

of remorse. "You were never a friend to me. I nev

igh school, and you were intelligent and all that, which I wasn't. I had

"How many lies have you told me? You

e. Jasmine was never mean or a bully. She is

minic, who appeared unaffe

nded, her voice bar

smirk tugging at the corn

remorse. I loved you with everything in me. I thought you loved m

oved you? What? I never loved you, Naomi. It was all pretense. The

g her trust and favor. But love y

heart felt like it was being ripped apart, each cruel word stabbing deeper into her soul. The pain was

rk on her face. She wrapped her arms around him

floor, her body racked with sobs. The betrayal, the lies, the cruelty-it was too much. She felt

eer. "See, this is what happens when

self to her feet. "You are monsters, both of you. I can'

minic grabbed her arm roughly

leaving. I'm going to report all of this to your grandmother. She needs to k

weakened body unable to regain balance. She fell backward, her eyes wide with shock and terror, tumbling down the stairs.

as Dominic and Vivian standing at the top of th

mumbled weakly as con

r life. She had trusted them, loved them, and they had repaid her with nothing but lies and de

mi's crumpled body at the bottom of the s

ered, his face pale. "Did

idn't think she'd fall that hard with ju

We need to check if she's still al

ey descended, they saw Naomi's chest rise

in his voice. "But she's hurt badly. If she survives, there's no telling wh

can't have that. We need to make sure s

need to make sure she is incapacitated for g

eir attention back to Naomi. Their plans now focused on ensur

r tone cold and calculating. "We should

propose we do that? If she's not dead, we might still

risk her waking up and going to the authoritie

rm. "All right, fine. But if we're going to do this

to move her to a place where no one

ng, and every movement sent sharp jolts through her battered body. Despite this, she could faintly

sted the wr

m pay for what they had done to her for all these

hildren? They were his babies too. For all

hed. Every one of these betra