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Every Promise Was a Lie Chapter 10
I looked at the pile of luggage by the entryway and let out a breath.The house was already sold.The buyer was taking possession that afternoon.After thinking it over, I dropped Sabrina's things at the building management office.I sent her a message about it and took my own bags back to my parents' place.Early the next morning, pounding on the door woke me up.I opened it and found her outside, wrecked, clothes a mess.Her eyes were red. She reached for me.I stepped out of the way and asked her flatly what she wanted.She started crying."Dec, I know I was wrong. Everett lied to me. That's the only reason I did any of it."I'm sorry. Please forgive me. You're a good man. You're not going to hold all this against me."I couldn't help it. I laughed."You think I'd take back a woman who spent three years sleeping with somebody else?"I'll be honest with you. If you touched me right now, I'd feel dirty."Hearing your voice makes me sick."Since you're here, though, you
Every Promise Was a Lie Chapter 9
Minutes after she ended the stream, my phone started filling up with calls and messages.The things people wrote were vile.I didn't get angry.I let it run, because a correction lands hardest once everyone's already watching.She waited all night for me to react.First thing in the morning, she called.I could hear how pleased with herself she was."Declan, turn yourself in if you've got any sense left. Otherwise there's no telling what these people do to you or your parents."Your family has money. A couple of years inside won't ruin you. Everett clawed his way up to being a doctor. You couldn't possibly understand what that took."Her shamelessness still found new ways to surprise me.I got curious about how far she'd take it."Say all of it. Every demand, right now."She laughed."You should've been this reasonable from the start instead of making me work so hard."Sign the agreement, and now you're paying us a hundred and fifty thousand on top."I hung up without an
Every Promise Was a Lie Chapter 8
I gave a small, tight smile and stepped aside.Sabrina assumed they'd come back to take me in.She said it with open satisfaction."Officers, this is the man who ran and left that person in the road."You arrested him yesterday. God knows what he pulled to get out."The longer she talked, the more certain she got that she was watching me go down.I stayed where I was and smiled at her.The detectives went right past her and up to Everett."Everett Sloan, our investigation has identified you as the driver in the Northvale Road hit-and-run two nights ago."We need you to come with us."The color went out of his face."Detective, there's been a mistake."Declan was driving. I was at dinner with friends. They'll tell you."Sabrina exploded."What kind of investigation is this? Did he pay you off?"The evidence against him was airtight. You take Everett out of here and I'll report every one of you to your supervisors."The detectives' expressions hardened."Ma'am, keep inte
Every Promise Was a Lie Chapter 7
"You're just another person who'll do anything if it gets you what you want."I let it go by and asked instead, "What are all these people doing in my house?"She glanced at me and twisted a piece of her hair around one finger."I invited them. We're celebrating."I pretended not to follow and asked what she was celebrating.She dropped the act entirely, hooked her arm through Everett's, and told me."I'm celebrating getting to be with the person I actually love."Then, before I could ask anything, she just kept talking.That was how I learned that even the way we met had been staged.She'd wanted to use me to get to Everett.Everett had a girlfriend at the time.Then I told her how I felt.So she took me as the next best thing, the option that kept her near him.Three years ago, Everett ended it with his girlfriend.After Sabrina engineered one accidental run-in after another, the two of them started up behind my back.She was smiling at me, bright as anything, because
Every Promise Was a Lie Chapter 6
I was about to say more when one of the officers cut in."Save the rest for the station."I didn't fight it. On my way out I turned back to my parents."Mom, Dad, don't worry. I'll be home soon."On the drive to the Clearford Police Department, I hated myself for not ending the marriage sooner.If I had, none of this would have landed on my father's birthday.The second I sat down in the interview room, I asked for a lawyer.They got through the identifying questions, and then Diane arrived.I told them my attorney had evidence that would clear me.I'd put cameras in the common areas of the house while I was building a case on Sabrina's affair.I couldn't stand to watch the footage myself, so Diane kept it in a separate encrypted cloud archive.It hadn't been needed for the divorce yet.Instead it turned into the thing that saved me.The department's digital forensics people spent the day authenticating it, checking timestamps, access logs, and device data.They released
Every Promise Was a Lie Chapter 5
"Dec, what are you talking about? Are you having an episode?"Sabrina stepped around the officer and grabbed my arm."Stop fighting it. Let's just get your pill in you first."She was already digging the bottle out of her handbag.The ease of it brought something back.Right after we started dating, we took a trip together.I came down hard with a stomach bug, and she went into that same handbag for medicine.I asked her then why she carried so much of it.Her hand stopped for a beat.Then she answered like it was nothing."I've always been on my own. It's safer to keep a few things on me."I heard the forced toughness under it.I held her and promised I'd take care of her for the rest of her life.I never imagined people could turn that completely.A few years, the same woman, the same motion, and an entirely different reason behind it.Her trying to force the pill into my mouth pulled me out of it.I pushed her hand away.My voice went cold."Don't touch me. You and
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