LOGINThe room fell completely silent the moment Eleanor opened her eyes.
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~SARAH~Lisa was already sitting in our living room looking way too comfortable when I walked in, and the smile on her face told me everything before she even opened her mouth. Margaret was right beside her, trying so hard to look calm, her eyes snapping to me the second I came through the door like she was trying to figure out which way this was going to go. My mother w
~SARAH~She was barely conscious when I walked back in. The Omega maid was slumped against the wall of the holding room, her skin this gross grey, waxy color that only showed up on people who’d been running on pure stubbornness for way too long, her wrists still tied with silver cord that had carved angry red lines into her skin. Her eyes cracked open when she hear
~EVA~He had one hand gently resting on my belly, rubbing slow circles like he was already protecting our little girl. My heart was doing that stupid fluttery thing again. I was so gone for him. “You’re smiling so big right now,” he said softly, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. His thumb brushed my cheek, and I leaned into his touch like I always
~NICHOLAS~I got off work with my tie already halfway undone and my brain still full of back to back meetings, but the second I stepped into the apartment, all of it just fell away.Eva was home.I dropped my keys, kicked off my
~MARGARET~Of all the streets in this city, of all the clinics tucked into it, of all the waiting rooms that could have swallowed my morning whole, this one had to be the stage for my worst moment.I kept my face void of fear, which deserved an award considering my heart was hammering so hard and also, to the fact that I couldn’t let Adan or anyone from the family find out the shameful act I had committed.
~SARAH~I rewound the footage three times just to make sure my eyes were not playing tricks on me, because what I was seeing was bold enough that part of my mind kept insisting I had mixed up what I was watching. An Omega maid, someone I only vaguely remembered from the household rotation, moving through the corridor outside the testing room, panic and fear all over her face as she looked around multiple times.
ALEXANDERI’d noticed Evangeline’s worsening behavior a long time ago, but I never really had to worry about it.After all, I had Margaret by my side, and she offered comfort when Evangeline couldn’t. She always validated my opinions regarding Evangeline and she saw just as I did that Eva was a bra
EVANGELINEI explained the situation as quickly as I could and they assured me they would be on their way.That should have appeased Margaret, but she just kept screaming until a crowd of nurses formed around the staircase. Margaret fussed over her son, refusing to let anyone touch him or treat him
NICHOLASI couldn’t understand why it was that every single time I saw Eva, she looked like a broken porcelain doll.I never intended to attend the party. The Blackthorn family always seemed to get on my edges, and since Eva was getting a divorce, I didn’t think there was any need. Then I heard tha
ALEXANDERI could not contain my fury as I stormed out of the hospital and into my car.My hands were vibrating and my chest rose and fell rapidly with each ragged breath. The more I thought about everything that happened, the worse my anger swirled inside of me.How dare Eva hurt that boy? How dar







