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Chapter 40

作者: Sophie Lane
last update 公開日: 2026-03-05 06:08:29

The next morning, the estate felt unnaturally quiet.

Sophia hadn’t slept much.

Every time she closed her eyes, she felt John’s hands again — not the force, but the betrayal. The shift from someone who had stood in the background of her life for years… to someone who felt entitled to step into it.

Downstairs, her father was already in his office.

Patrick stood near the doorway when she came down. His posture told her everything — this was being handled.

“Where is he?” she asked.

“Not here,” Patr
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    Dominic watched Sophia sitting at the kitchen table, shoulders tight, eyes exhausted, phone still buzzing every few minutes like the night refused to let her breathe.For the first time all day—she looked overwhelmed.Not focused.Not strategic.Just tired.Patrick stayed crouched beside her for another second before finally standing.“She needs rest,” he said quietly.Dominic nodded slowly.Then moved toward Sophia without hesitation.He gently took the phone from her hands and muted it completely before setting it face down on the counter.“No more tonight.”Sophia looked up at him, exhaustion written all over her face.“I can’t shut my brain off.”Dominic reached down and took her hand carefully.Not forceful.Grounding.“Come on,” he said softly.“Let’s try to sleep.”Sophia looked toward the windows instinctively.Then toward the stairs.Then toward Patrick.Patrick gave her a small nod.“I’ve got downstairs.”Dominic squeezed her hand lightly.“Come on,” he repeated quietly.“L

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    Sophia stayed quiet for a moment after Pasquale said it.Let me carry this part now.Those words hit harder than anything else had tonight.Because she hadn’t realized how badly she needed to hear them.The kitchen around her blurred for just a second.Patrick quietly turned back toward the cameras, giving her space.Dominic stayed seated, watching her carefully but not interrupting.Sophia finally spoke softly into the phone.“I don’t know how this got this bad.”Pasquale answered immediately.“Because you kept trying to handle it peacefully.”Sophia let out a shaky breath.“She followed the kids today.”Saying it out loud again made it feel even more real.“I know,” Pasquale replied quietly.“And tomorrow, everybody else is going to know too.”Sophia leaned against the counter slightly, exhaustion finally catching up to her.“She keeps texting like she knows everything we’re doing.”Pasquale’s voice hardened again.“That’s because she’s spiraling. She’s trying to maintain psychologi

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    The house stayed tense long after the headlights disappeared.Nobody trusted the quiet anymore.Not after tonight.Patrick kept monitoring the cameras from the kitchen table while Dominic stood near the living room window, forcing himself not to look outside every thirty seconds.Sophia stayed in the middle of it all.Calm.Focused.But exhausted down to her bones.Another motion alert flashed across Patrick’s screen.Everyone looked immediately.Empty street.No visible car this time.“She’s parking farther down now,” Patrick said quietly.Dominic let out a sharp breath.“She’s literally hunting us.”Sophia looked toward the stairs instinctively.Toward the sleeping kids.“No,” she said quietly.“She’s trying to intimidate us.”Patrick nodded once.“And she’s escalating because she knows tomorrow changes everything.”That hung in the room.Because tomorrow did change everything.The mayor.The EMS Chief.Official attention.Questions she wouldn’t be able to manipulate away.Dominic f

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    Patrick’s grip tightened slightly around the phone as Dominic stared at the image.Streetlight glow.Dark hoodie.Standing just outside the range of the motion lights.Watching the house.Dominic’s face drained instantly.“She’s outside now?”Patrick nodded once.“Camera picked her up near the corner about two minutes ago.”Dominic moved immediately toward the front window.Patrick stopped him fast.“Don’t.”Dominic looked at him sharply.“She’s outside my house.”“And she wants you to react,” Patrick replied calmly.“That’s the point.”The room tightened again instantly.The feeling of safety upstairs suddenly fragile.Temporary.Patrick zoomed in on the image.Kristi wasn’t moving.Just standing there.Watching.Another notification buzzed.Motion detected.Same camera.“She’s still there,” Patrick muttered.Dominic ran both hands over his face hard.“This is insane.”“No,” Patrick said quietly.“This is escalation.”Upstairs, the kids laughed softly about something before settling

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