oment he spaced out, he pulled her straight

he

p got swallowed

her gently on the sofa, his other hand gr

remembered how close Theodore and Isabella had bec

t in her eyes. A soft word slipped out from h

gust

e quickly let go. He looked down at her p

ith Elijah too?" he scoffe

jab. Her expression dimmed even more. She look

w and stepped back, face

nine. Don't forget." That was all she

ole incident passed wi

only a handful of close friends and fami

g uncontrollably

ooked at the people who once felt like home, at these so-ca

ies surged-her painstaking effort to piece to

amily, adored by all. Then they found their real da

innocent girl she pretended to be. She killed Victor

believe that Victoria had faked it all just to

nd over. Within a year, Victoria was

ng to go comfor

hind her pulled

aying upright from grief. A flicker of hesitation crossed her eyes. She t

aint from all the crying, her

unfamiliar email.

xchanged a glance

ith a skinny woman. From Gina'

trembling, "This... this was before G

rible feeling creeping in. That figu

didn't

rned-and her face beca

one slipped from her hand and h

s Vic

head and saw Victoria standing a short distance away with an umbrella. Something inside her snapped. Like a tight

aughter! You k

every pair of

g deep into her skin, leaving harsh indent

y, the umbrella clatt

Victoria with force and shielded her with his body. The moment he caught

dn't yo

er-she just stood there, stunned o

locked onto Victoria. "We took care of you for

-never once giving Vict

the necklace off Victoria's ne

ija

and the crowd's stares, she darted over and scooped the necklace into her

chest twist unpleasantly. He clenched his jaw and wa

h, cal

a conflicted look. He didn't say a word, but h

ching hollowness in her chest, like someone had carved it open and

anyone. After all these years-her suppo

nna

h the crowd as Hanna

a mess after that, end

slim figure disappeared into the rain. Isabella clos

de her grip her phone so tight her knuckles went

ndable. Wipe out

d in the Ellis family's mess, but he backed he

ng through the window as Theodor

red-far from enough. Not a single look

the bathtub with cold water, shed h

.

sharp with resolve. She wasn't going to take the blame for something she d

second, and she stumbled. A hand cau

n was i

e must've been thinking of Elijah. A sour feeling bubbled up in