CHAPTER SIXTEEN

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• THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS   CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

  ALIRA'S POV I stood in front of the mirror, staring at my own reflection like I was trying to remember who I used to be. I wasn't just trying to have my revenge on whatever was done to me in my previous life…now I was trying to figure out a greater conspiracy that was done before I was killed.My fingers lightly traced the faint scar near my temple…a reminder….a question mark."Why can't I remember everything?" I whispered to the empty room.The argument with Alec still echoed in my head. His words, that look on his face…the way he mentioned Liam as if there was some twisted history between the three of us I hadn’t fully uncovered yet.I had barely slept since that night.And now, Iris was out getting groceries, which left me alone with my thoughts…a dangerous place to be these days.I picked up my diary from the table and flipped through the pages, hoping something new would leap out at me. But it was the same confused scribbles, fragments of thoughts, and cryptic lines I didn’t

• THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS   CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

  BETSY'S POV My Mother’s words kept echoing in my mind as I paced back and forth in my room."Remind him what he stands to lose."I couldn’t shake it.Everything was slipping through my fingers…Liam, control, even Alira was starting to come alive again, and it was pissing me off.I thought I had it all under control and I thought I had finally gotten through to Liam but I thought wrong.So, I did what I always do when things start falling apart..I went to find Alec.He always made me feel like I had leverage…. Like I still had some control left.I drove straight to his place, my fingers tapping the steering wheel impatiently as I parked outside. The lights were off and his car wasn’t in the driveway."Great," I muttered. "Now he’s decided to vanish too."I turned to leave when I heard the familiar roar of an engine.Alec.He pulled up and stepped out of the car, slamming the door with so much force that it rattled the silence.He looked like hell…jaw clenched, brows furrowed, his st

• THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS   CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

  ALIRA'S POV “Wait what??!” I blinked at Alec, completely thrown off.My brain froze like it couldn’t process what he’d just said.Did he just say I had slept with Liam?Was that a joke? Was he making it up? Or...was it something I really didn’t remember?I stared at him, wide-eyed, feeling like the floor had suddenly dropped out beneath me.Alec, on the other hand, didn’t even flinch.Instead, he rolled his eyes like I was the one overreacting.“Oh, come on, Alira,” he muttered, taking a step toward me. “Don’t play innocent…you remember it…you just don’t want to admit it because you're trying to act all good girl now.”“I don’t remember any of that!” I shouted, stepping back.“Sure you don’t,” he said sarcastically. “Just like you conveniently forgot how we started dating…you forgot how much you loved me..now it’s Liam you’re playing the confused saint over?”“Alec, I’m not lying!” My voice cracked. “Or maybe you’re just using this whole ‘memory loss’ thing to get away with whatev

• THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS   CHAPTER TWENTY

  ALIRA'S POVFor the first time in days, the house didn’t feel like a grave.Iris was here.She dropped her small overnight bag near the doorway and spun around with a bright grin on her face. “God, Alira, your place is so clean it looks like a furniture ad…. never gets old.”I laughed softly. “That’s because I never leave it.”“Well, lucky for you,” she said, kicking off her shoes. “You have a guest now and I brought snacks.”We settled in quickly. I warmed up some leftover pasta while she spread chips and cookies across the coffee table like we were teenagers again.I watched her move around like she owned the space and It felt comforting..Familiar…and normal.For a few seconds, I forgot about the message on my door, the nightmares, Liam, and even Alec.I needed this.After we both sat down in the living room with plates in hand, silence stretched for a bit, the kind where you know the real conversation hasn’t started yet.I finally broke it.“Iris... do you remember what happene

• THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS   CHAPTER NINETEEN

  BETSY'S POV“Who's child do you want to kill??”I felt my heart stop.Liam's mother stood there at the door with her arms crossed and her expression unreadable but sharp enough to cut through steel."Whose child did you say you were going to kill?" she repeated, slower this time.I swallowed hard, my eyes darting from her to Liam, who looked absolutely horrified. “Mom, what are you doing here??" Liam asked.“I am not talking to you Liam and besides are you trying to say that I can't come visit my son in his house???" “No mother..that's not…" “Save it Liam…Betsy, I just asked a question." Liam didn't move from where he stood and he looked like someone had just poured cold water over him."I-I didn’t mean it like that," I stuttered in fear. "It was just a… a figure of speech." I added as I fidgeted nervously.Liam's mother was the least person I expected to see because she barely visits Liam but although I've been wanting to see Liam's mother for the longest time and now our first

• THE WIDOW WHO NEVER WAS   CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

  BETSY'S POVI couldn’t get Alira out of my head.The way she stormed out of the house earlier, the look on her face... something wasn’t right…I was pacing around my room when I went into my mother's room.Her door was still slightly open.Curiosity took over.I stepped inside quietly as I looked around for the remaining letters and that’s when I saw them.I picked one up, quickly scanning the words."He knew... he knew all along... and he said nothing..."My heart skipped.Another paper read: "I don't understand what's happening to me…it feels like my accident wasn't a coincidence.”I blinked rapidly."You should really learn how to knock," a voice behind me said.I jumped. It was Mom, standing by the door with a raised brow and a glass of wine in her hand."I didn’t hear you come in," I said, dropping the papers like they were burning my fingers.She walked in and shut the door behind her."What did you see?" she asked, her tone almost bored."Just... not…Alira's writing…I think she