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CHAPTER 164

Auteur: Billie Patsy
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LENA

I didn’t even realize how fast the tears were falling until my vision blurred so badly I couldn’t see the steering wheel. My palms trembled against it, my breath coming in these short, broken pulls that didn’t feel like mine. Everything Vivian said kept repeating in my head like a recording I couldn’t shut off.

I was pregnant once, and Roman asked me to abort it because of you.

I pressed the heel of my hand against my forehead, choking on a soft, pathetic sound that barely escaped my throat. It felt unreal. It felt like something that belonged in another woman’s life, not mine. But the worst part was… I knew my mother. I knew when she was lying, and I knew when she wasn’t.

Today, she wasn’t.

My phone sat useless on the passenger seat, screen still lit up from the last attempt I’d made to call Roman. I didn’t even know how many times I had tried at this point. Five? Ten? Maybe more. Every time it just rang and rang until the call died on its own.

Why, Roman? Why couldn’t you just
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