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They Will Fall At Her Knees chapter thirty seven
My phone rang at noon.I looked at the screen and the name popped up.Sheila.I answered it on the second ring."Lydia," she said. Her voice was different from the last time I had heard it. Quieter. Stripped of its usual edge."Sheila," I replied.A pause."He wants to meet you," she said. "Father. He's asking for neutral ground. Just the two of you."I stood up slowly from the chair I was sitting in and walked to the window.Dennis looked up from across the room."When?" I asked."Tomorrow," Sheila said. "He suggested the Carlisle Hotel. The private lounge on the fourth floor. Noon."I said nothing for a moment."Lydia," Sheila said quietly. "I need to say something to you.""Then say it," I replied.A long pause."I am sorry," she said. "For everything. For James. For staying silent when I should have stood up for you." Her voice tightened. "I knew what he was doing to you and I told myself it wasn't my business." She stopped. "It was my business. You were my sister."The word land
They Will Fall At Her Knees chapter thirty six
Gerald hadn't left the house in four days.He sat in his study surrounded by lawyers, phone calls, and half empty whiskey glasses, trying to plug holes in a dam that kept finding new places to crack.His account had been partially restored but the numbers were wrong. Significantly wrong. And every time his financial advisor called with an update the news got worse."How much?" Gerald said without looking up from his desk.His lawyer — a heavyset man named Brock who charged five hundred dollars an hour — shifted uncomfortably in his seat."Sixty three percent of the Robertson Group's shares have been quietly acquired over the past six weeks," Brock said carefully. "All through shell companies we couldn't trace initially." He paused. "We traced them this morning."Gerald looked up slowly."They all lead back to Hawkins Capital," Brock said.Gerald stared at him."She owns my company," he said flatly."Majority stake," Brock confirmed. "Technically she can call a board meeting and remo
They Will Fall At Her Knees chapter thirty five
Dennis called the investigator back before I could even speak."Where is he?" he said the moment the line connected.I leaned close enough to hear both sides."Small town called Merritt. About three hours from the city," the investigator said. "He's been living under a different name for nine years. Runs a small pharmacy. Cash business. No digital footprint worth mentioning.""How did you find him?" Dennis asked."Medical license records don't disappear completely even when people do," the investigator replied. "Cross referenced the payment trail from the envelope your contact provided with hospital staff records from eleven years ago. Took some digging but he surfaced.""Does he know we found him?" I asked.A short pause."He does. I made contact this afternoon." Another pause. "He didn't run. That's usually a good sign."Dennis looked at me."What did he say?" I asked."He said he's been waiting for someone to come," the investigator said quietly. "His exact words were — tell whoe
They Will Fall At Her Knees chapter thirty four
The food arrived and the conversation stayed light for the first twenty minutes.Raymond was good. I had to give him that.He talked about London. About the weather, the business climate, old friends of Dennis's father he had visited on his way back. He laughed easily and refilled his glass without being asked and made the whole evening feel like a warm family reunion.But underneath every word was a current I could feel.He was testing.Every question wrapped in casual conversation. Every compliment with a small hook buried inside it."So Lydia," he said, cutting into his steak with practiced ease. "Dennis tells me you grew up in the city.""Parts of it," I said pleasantly."Which parts?" he asked, smiling."The quieter ones," I replied.Raymond laughed. "A private woman. I respect that." He glanced at Dennis. "She's good for you. You always needed someone calm." He looked back at me. "And your family? Are they close by?"The table was quiet for half a second. Dennis reached for his
They Will Fall At Her Knees chapter thirty three
Dennis looked at me sideways as we got into the car."You want to meet Raymond," he said slowly. "Voluntarily.""Yes," I said."The same Raymond who is trying to strip everything from us legally and has a private investigator digging into your background.""That's the one," I said calmly.Dennis stared at me for a moment then shook his head with something between disbelief and admiration."What's the play?" he asked."Raymond thinks he knows who I am," I said, opening the envelope James had given me. "He thinks I'm a woman Dennis pulled from a river and married conveniently. A nobody with a borrowed name and a shaky foundation." I scanned the documents inside, my eyes moving quickly across the transaction records. "I want to look him in the eyes and let him keep thinking that.""While?" Dennis pressed."While we finish building everything underneath him," I said.The documents in the envelope were exactly what James had promised. A bank transfer dated eleven years ago. Gerald Roberts
They Will Fall At Her Knees chapter thirty two
I walked back to the car feeling like the ground beneath me had fundamentally changed.Dennis was waiting outside, leaning against the door with his arms folded. The moment he saw my face he straightened up."Talk to me," he said.I got in the car without a word.He slid in beside me and closed the door.The driver pulled into traffic and I stared straight ahead, processing everything Dr. Monroe had said, arranging it carefully in my mind like pieces of evidence on a table."Her name is Dr. Ada Monroe," I started. "She was my mother's physician. Gerald had her removed from the case a week before my mother died."Dennis said nothing. He was listening with his full attention the way he always did when something mattered."She has medical records," I continued. "Documented proof that my mother's medication was switched in her final days. She tried to flag it and lost her job within twenty four hours." I paused. "Gerald threatened her daughter to keep her quiet.""For eleven years," Denn
They Will Fall At Her Knees Chapter fourteen
Sheila and James stared at each other for quite a while. They both knew they were fighting a shadow. A shadow that doesn't care about negotiating but brings them down to their very knees. Sheila landed on the sofa, and tears welled in her eyes. "Do you think this is karma? Maybe we are paying fo
They Will Fall At Her Knees chapter nine
Past events can be therapeutic. The rain brought back all my memories. Every word my father spoke that night. The laughter of his wife and the way I was thrown out of my marital home. “I remember!” I cried, tears running down my face. “You remember? Is that for real?” Dennis asked, grabbing m
They Will Fall At Her Knees Chapter ten
The thrill of power surged through me like fire. For the first time in years, I felt untouchable.Every betrayal, every humiliation, every sleepless night of despair—it all pointed to this moment.I shut my eyes and I could remember all the pains. My nose bled again, and I tilted my head backwards,
They Will Fall At Her Knees chapter twelve
James dropped the call, sweating profusely. "Who the hell does she think she is? How can she do this to me?" He smashed the glass cup he was holding on the wall so loud that Sheila rushed out of the room. "What is going on, James? You scared the shit out of me!" she said with a worried look. Jam
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