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Chapter 98- A MOMENT OF RELIEF

Auteur: Victor ellis
last update Date de publication: 2026-07-10 01:53:39

I sat there in silence, the restaurant’s warm lights suddenly feeling too bright, too exposing. My thoughts spun in circles, each one darker than the last. How did it come to this? I just wanted to save my daughter, and now Adrian held all the cards. The father of my children. The man who wouldn’t let go.

Time was running out and I still hadn’t given Adrian an answer. My hands were sweating under the table. The empty cafe felt too quiet, like the walls were listening to every word. Adrian’s eye
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Irene Ritsch
No power?? What about his drug use, sexually abusing several staff members. Threatening to just take the kids doesn’t work, she needs to cross file for full custody! Make him fight, he doesn’t have the energy to worry about his mother, his business, and fight for the kids.
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