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010 He Should Have Trusted Me
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2025-09-23 18:46:11
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Betrayed, Broken, Back for Revenge 091 Time For A Distraction
(Jade)Owen has been awake for two hours.But in the last ten minutes he hasn’t been calm or comfortable. He’s struggling.His skin is too warm beneath my palm, he’s restless. He presses his fingers to his temples and squeezes them hard.“My head hurts again,” he says.Seeing this is horrible. I don’t know what it means.I thought him waking up meant positive things. That his ravaged body was finally going to stop attacking itself.Cole shoots a worried glance at Maya and frowns. Then he puts the back of hand against Owen’s forehead. “He’s burning up.”He doesn’t tell me. He doesn’t even look at me. It’s Maya he’s focused on.I see it.I hate it.Cole presses the call button. A nurse pops her head in the door. “How can I help?”“Owen is burning up. Get the doctor in here.” Cole orders and she nods and leaves again.My heart is in my throat. “You’ll be okay, Owen. You have to be,” I say.I don’t think he even heard my words.The doctor strides in. Not any doctor. My doctor. He gives me
Betrayed, Broken, Back for Revenge 090 Waking Up
(Maya)His fingers jerk first.Not a gentle twitch, but a sharp, uneven movement that knocks lightly against the mattress.His small hand makes a fist and then releases.Cole sees it at the same second I do.“Oh my God—” he says, already moving.He slams the call button hard, once, then again. “Owen. Hey. Hey, buddy. Can you hear me?”Jade’s chair scrapes back violently as she surges to her feet.“Owen?” Her voice cracks on his name. “Owen, baby, can you hear me?”His eyelids flutter.Once.Twice.Then they open.Not fully. Not steady. But open.Jade kisses his forehead and leans over him.Cole lets out a broken sound and spins toward me.He grabs me, lifts me clean off the floor, and turns in a rough, uncoordinated circle, laughing and swearing at the same time.“He’s awake,” he chokes. “He’s awake, Maya—he’s awake!”I cling to him, laughing and crying at once, the shock hitting me before my brain can catch up.He sets me down but doesn’t let go, his forehead pressed to mine like he
Betrayed, Broken, Back for Revenge 089 Putting The Kids First
(Maya)A family lounge sits at the center of the mansion medical wing.That wasn’t an accident. I wanted the kids to see us moving around, talking, eating. To hear chatter. To feel as normal as possible.No tension. That’s the goal anyway.Tension is my middle name lately.Lucy is curled beside Owen on the wide bed, her body angled toward him, one small hand resting near his arm.His breathing is deep and even since he’s arrived.Cole looked so worried and he hasn’t left his son’s side. Or his daughter’s.He can do dedicated and loyal. He can do unconditional love.With the kids. I don’t believe he can do it with me. I used to. Believing that was my whole life.Until my life ended in horror circumstances. In a level of despair no one could ever imagine reaching.But then I came back. I got my second chance and I am not going to waste it. I will have my revenge.But not at the expense of these kids. I have to be sure their lives are better too.It’s working. Being together here is work
Betrayed, Broken, Back for Revenge 088 Not Yet
(Jade)From the outside, everything looks settled.Lucy is resting beside Owen. Owen is holding steady.His fingers curled around his sister’s. And his breathing is more steady and deeper when she is beside him.Yesterday he had his first lifesaving infusion. It will work. It has too. It’s his last hope.From the outside, this works.Lucy is settled. Owen is resting. Cole and Maya and I talk like normal parents talking about normal things. Coffee. Food. What Lucy usually eats. What Owen used to like watching before all of this.Anyone walking in would think this is what healing looks like.I lean back in my chair and play along. I nod when I should. I say things that sound supportive. I don’t overdo it.Inside, I’m thinking about how temporary all of this is.Lucy is useful right now. That’s the truth of it.Once that stops being true, everything changes.People don’t like thinking about things that way. They call it heartless. They pretend situations don’t have expiry dates.They do.
Betrayed, Broken, Back for Revenge 087 Nail That Crazy Bitch
(Maya)I can’t leave the hospital without seeing Tessa.I’m halfway through her door when I hear a chair scrape inside.Rhett places himself in front of me, shoulders squared, eyes cold. Blocking my entry.“You’re not going near her,” he says. “I told you to stay away.”“Tessa is my best friend,” I reply. “Move.”“She’s my sister,” he says. “And you’re the reason she is in here.”I look past him.Tessa lies still, pale under the sheets, hair shoved back, tape and tubes and machines monitoring everything. Waiting for her to wake up. I need for her to wake up and be okay.This world needs her light.Rhett catches my gaze and shifts to block more of her. “Just leave.”“I’m not here to argue,” I say.“Neither am I.”“I’m leaving the hospital later tonight,” I say. “Lucy’s cleared to be transported and recover at home.”“I’m glad she is okay. I’ll take care of Tessa from here.”“Tessa needs me,” I say. “You can’t stop me from being here.”His eyes cut into me. “You cost me everything. My c
Betrayed, Broken, Back for Revenge 086 Family First Protocol
(Cole)The nurse checks the line, checks the dressing, checks the monitor, then writes the time on the chart.“Infusion is complete,” she says. “He’s stable. The next phase is the rough one. His counts will drop. He may look worse before he looks better. Fever protocol is strict. Keep his environment calm at all times.”Her eyes flick between Jade and me, then she softens her voice. “Try to keep conversations… gentle.”Jade nods without looking up. Her hand stays on Owen’s forearm.Owen doesn’t wake. Somehow I was hoping he would. He’s barely been awake since he’s been in here.He’s pale and wiped out, mouth slightly open, breathing shallow but even. He looks so fragile and it makes everything in me go sharp and protective.The nurse finishes, then slips out and shuts the door behind her.Hospital quiet settles back in.Jade leans closer to Owen and smooths the blanket near his shoulder.She presses a kiss to his hairline, then sits back in the chair, eyes locked on his face as if wat
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