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Chapter 37
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By late afternoon, the bracelet from the box felt like a stone in my pocket. I’d kept it there all day, not because I didn’t trust the house to be safe, but because I didn’t trust myself to leave it lying around where Noah might notice. Every time my fingers brushed the cool metal, I pictured my mother’s eyes in that Polaroid wide, pleading, and alive. I was in the kitchen rinsing mugs when my phone buzzed. It was an Unknown Number. The same one that had sent me those threats before. My breath hitched, and I set the mug down too fast, the ceramic clinking hard against the counter. I swiped the screen. One new message: If you want to see her alive, be at the train station locker 312 by 7 PM and come alone. My first thought wasn’t even fear, it was disbelief, someone was dangling my mother like bait. I read it twice more, forcing my heartbeat to slow. This could be a trap or not but if there was even a one-percent chance this lead was real, I couldn’t ignore it. I deleted the tex
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The bracelet felt heavier in my palm than it had any right to. I didn’t know how long I’d been standing there in the kitchen, staring at it, my heartbeat tapping against my ribs like it was trying to break out. Nova’s laughter drifted in from the living room, a patch of warmth in a room that suddenly felt too cold.I slipped the bracelet into my pocket just as Noah walked in. His T-shirt was clinging to his shoulders, casual but watchful.“You okay?” he asked, voice soft but probing.I forced a nod. “Yeah. Just thinking about… some errands I wanted to run.”It was the first excuse I could think of.His brow furrowed slightly, but he didn’t push. “We could all go later, get out of the house for a bit.”“Maybe,” I said, turning to the sink so he couldn’t read my face. “I’ll see how I feel.”What I didn’t tell him was that my phone had buzzed twenty minutes earlier with a message from the same unknown number that had been haunting me since the night of the cabin.If you want to see her
The Surrogate Virgin Chapter 41
The bracelet was still in my hand when the first soft beams of morning light slipped across the kitchen tiles. I hadn’t slept much if at all. Every time I closed my eyes, the image of my mother’s face in that Polaroid came rushing back, her eyes too wide, her frame too thin. I could almost hear her voice calling my name.But when Nova padded into the kitchen in her fuzzy socks, rubbing her eyes with both fists, I forced my fingers to close around the bracelet and slipped it into my pocket.“Morning, Mommy,” she mumbled, climbing onto one of the chairs.“Morning, baby,” I said, pasting on a smile. “What do you think about waffles today?”Her sleepy expression brightened instantly. “With berries?”“Of course,” I said. “And whipped cream.”That made her grin so wide I felt my chest tighten.Within minutes, I had the waffle iron heating on the counter, and Nova perched safely on the stool beside me. Her job was limited to sprinkling blueberries and sliced strawberries over the golden squa
The Surrogate Virgin Chapter 40
The bracelet was colder than it had any right to be, a ghost of metal pressing into my palm. The tiny heart charm caught the weak morning light slanting through the blinds, winking like it knew something I didn’t.I should’ve gone straight to Noah, told him what had arrived on our doorstep, handed him the bracelet and photo like they were evidence in some horrible trial. That’s what a sane, reasonable person would do but sanity had nothing to do with this. This was my mother.I placed the bracelet on the counter with care, almost reverence, then picked it up again because leaving it alone felt wrong. The photo was still in my pocket, its edges digging into my thigh like a splinter. Every time I shifted my weight, I thought about her eyes in that image not just wide with fear, but locked on the lens, like she knew it was meant for me. Someplace in this city, she is alive and trapped.The sound of Nova’s giggle floated in from the living room, followed by Noah’s low voice reading someth
The Surrogate Virgin Chapter 39
Noah’s arm was draped loosely over my waist, his breathing slow and even. In the faint orange light bleeding through the curtains, I stared at the ceiling, tracing the cracks in the paint like they might give me answers but sleep wouldn’t come. Every time I closed my eyes, the weight of the key in my pocket pulsed against my leg, as if it were more than metal or as if it were a question I wasn’t ready to face.I slid out from under his arm as quietly as I could. The hardwood was cool under my bare feet as I padded into the sitting room, careful not to wake him or Nova.The house was too quiet, the kind of silence that made every tick of the clock feel amplified. I curled up on the couch, knees pulled tight to my chest, and pulled the key from my pocket. My thumb traced the ridges, memorizing them, wishing they’d whisper what they unlocked.“Grace?”I startled, looking up to see Noah in the doorway, hair mussed, shirt hanging loose, eyes alert despite the hour.“Couldn’t sleep,” I murm
The Surrogate Virgin Chapter 38
The smell of pancakes drifted through the hallway before I even opened my eyes. For the first time in weeks, I woke to the sound of Nova’s laughter instead of sirens or my pounding heartbeat.She was in the kitchen, I could tell by the muffled squeals and the scrape of a chair being pushed across the tile. I pulled on one of Noah’s shirts, still faintly smelling of cedar and soap, and padded barefoot toward the warmth.Nova sat cross-legged on the counter, a mixing bowl in her lap, her curls tucked under a headband that had already slipped halfway off. She was “helping” Noah, which meant there was more batter on her cheeks than in the pan.“Good morning, sleepyhead,” Noah said without looking up, flipping a pancake with the kind of focus that made it look like he’d been training for a breakfast Olympics.I smiled. “This is new, you don’t usually cook.”Nova grinned through a mouthful of chocolate chips. “Daddy said today is special.”Noah glanced at me then, and for a second I saw the
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