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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
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2026-04-14 04:41:47
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The North VIP wing of St. Jude’s had been transformed into a high-tech fortress. Since the scare with the Braxton Hicks, Eleanor had effectively staged a coup of the hospital floor. Private security stood at the elevators, and the nursing staff had been replaced by a team of stone-faced professionals who reported directly to the Vance matriarch. Inside her room, Lily felt less like a patient and more like a high-value prisoner. The air was perpetually cold, and the silence was only broken by the rhythmic hum of the fetal monitor, a sound that now felt like a ticking clock.Lily sat propped up against the pillows, her eyes fixed on the door. Ethan was sitting in the corner, his head in his hands. The tension between them had moved past the point of romance; they were two people trapped in a sinking ship, looking for a single life jacket.She’s going to do it, Lily whispered, her voi
Father's Secret, Daughter's Ruin CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
The news from the prison had given Marie a temporary high. Seeing the text from Kassy about Greg’s total meltdown behind bars felt like a win for every person he had ever stepped on. It was a rare moment of justice in a world that usually let men like him buy their way out of hell. Marie finished her shift at the high-end boutique in Victoria Island, humming to herself as she folded the last of the silk scarves. She was already planning a special dinner for Maya, maybe even a stop at the toy shop on the way home. The air in Lagos felt lighter, as if a heavy fog had finally lifted.But as she reached her apartment and slid her key into the lock, the lightness vanished. The door wasn't just unlocked; it was slightly ajar.Marie’s breath hitched. Her first thought went to a common robbery, but the silence coming from inside was too heavy, too deliberate. She pushed the door open slowly, her eyes scanning the small living area. Nothing was overturned. No electronics were missing. Everythi
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The air inside the maximum-security visiting hall smelled like industrial floor wax and stale despair. It was a sharp, depressing contrast to the high-end air purifiers and Jo Malone candles that usually scented the Greg mansion. Kassy adjusted the strap of her designer bag, feeling the weight of the phone in her pocket. Beside her, Elena walked with a rigid grace, her face a mask of cold composure. This was the first time they had seen Greg since the FBI had hauled him away in front of 4.9 million live viewers."You don't have to do this, Mom," Kassy whispered as they approached the bulletproof glass partition. "We can just turn around. We’ve already won."Elena didn't blink. "I need to see the ghost, Kassy. I need to see him in the light so I can stop dreaming about him in the dark."Then, the heavy steel door on the other side opened.
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The morning air in Marie’s small apartment felt unusually heavy, like the atmosphere right before a tropical storm breaks. She was standing in her tiny kitchen, packing a lunch box for her daughter, Lyra. It was a mundane task—cutting the crusts off sandwiches, peeling an orange—but today, Marie’s hands wouldn't stop shaking.Ever since the Greg empire had crumbled, Marie had felt a strange sense of relief, but also a lingering paranoia. She had helped Kassy take down a giant, but she knew that when giants fall, they leave massive craters.Her phone vibrated on the laminate countertop. It was a text from Kassy.“Heads up. Ethan’s mother is in town. She just turned the hospital into a war zone. Lily had a scare last night. Eleanor Vance is officially back.”
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The sirens of the private ambulance were a frantic, high-pitched scream that mirrored the pulsing agony in Lily’s abdomen. Every bump in the road felt like a jagged blade twisting in her gut. Beside her, Ethan held her hand, but his grip was clammy, his eyes darting toward the partition as if he expected his mother to phase through the glass. Eleanor wasn't in the ambulance—she was trailing behind in a black Maybach—but her presence was a suffocating shroud that covered the entire city.By the time they reached St. Jude’s Private Wing, the "Eleanor Vance Effect" was already in full swing."Out of the way!" a head nurse barked, flanking the gurney as Lily was wheeled through the sliding glass doors. But before the medical team could even reach the elevator, a sharp, rhythmic clicking of heels silenced the ER foyer.Eleanor walked in, her
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The knock on the door wasn't the polite, rhythmic tap of a concierge. It was a sharp, demanding series of raps that sounded like a countdown to an explosion. Lily, shifting her weight as the baby gave another uncomfortable shove against her ribs, sighed and looked at Ethan. He was already halfway to the kitchen to refill his cider, his back turned."I’ll get it," Lily muttered, pulling herself up from the chaise lounge with a groan. "It’s probably the laundry service. They always forget the gate code and get aggressive."She smoothed her silk robe over her eight-month bump and walked toward the foyer. Her feet were swollen, her back ached, and she was in no mood for incompetence. She pulled the heavy oak door open, ready to snap at whatever delivery person stood on the other side.Instead, she was met with a woman who looked like she had been carved out of ice and dipped in Chanel. She was in her late fifties, with a bob so sharp it could draw blood and eyes the color of a winter stor
Father's Secret, Daughter's Ruin CHAPTER TEN
The air in the dining room felt different to Kassy now. It was as if she had been wearing tinted glasses her whole life and someone had just ripped them off, revealing that the "gold" around her was actually rusted iron.She sat back down next to Jamal, the man whose heart she had just fel
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I pulled up to Marie’s place, my heart still doing backflips in my chest, but not the "I’m in love" kind. It was the "I’m about to burn this whole city down" kind. My new red nails were practically glowing against the steering wheel. Every time I looked at them, I re
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The organ music was so loud it made the floorboards vibrate. The cathedral was packed with people who had come to see the "perfect" wedding, but the air at the back of the church was cold enough to kill.Lily stood at the entrance, her makeup so perfect she looked like a statue. Greg stood
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Jamal’s POVThe doorbell didn't just ring; it screamed.The sound sliced through the suffocating tension of the study like a blade. Greg was still standing there, the silver-and-black masquerade mask clutched in his hand, his eyes promethean with a fire that wanted to burn me out of existence. I wa
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