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CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
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2026-09-24 02:21:28
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Catherine felt the room tilt sideways, disbelief warring with dawning dread. "Nina. Our Nina. That's not possible, Jamie. She's spent weeks risking her own safety to help us expose Sinclair's fabrications. She's the reason we won the custody hearing."She thought immediately of every sacrifice Nina had made over the past several months, the sleepless nights, the professional connections called in as favors, the sheer force of will that had produced a forensic audio analysis in less than twelve hours when the situation had demanded exactly that kind of impossible speed. None of it fit the shape of betrayal, and yet Catherine's mind still scrambled through every interaction, searching for some overlooked sign she might have missed."I know how it sounds," Jamie said quickly, raising a hand to calm the rising panic in her voice. "But Catherine, before you assume the worst, let me finish. The file isn't evidence of Nina working with Sinclair. It's something else entirely."Catherine force
Torn Between Vows CHAPTER THIRTY NINE
The hospital waiting room felt suffocatingly small despite its actual dimensions, Catherine pacing its length for what felt like the hundredth time while surgeons worked to remove the bullet lodged dangerously close to Harry's collarbone. Victoria sat rigid in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs, her usual composed authority nowhere visible, her hands clasped so tightly together that her knuckles had gone white.Catherine had lost count of how many hours had passed since they'd arrived, the sterile fluorescent lighting overhead offering no clue whether it was still afternoon or already deep into evening, time itself feeling suspended in the particular limbo reserved for people waiting to learn whether someone they loved would survive."This is my fault," Victoria said quietly, breaking the tense silence that had settled over the small group gathered in the waiting room. "I trusted Robert with everything, for over twenty years. I never once questioned his loyalty, never imagined he
Torn Between Vows CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
Catherine's heart stopped entirely as she registered the gun in Sinclair's hand, her mind racing through every possible outcome, every way this confrontation could end in devastation for the people she loved most.Time seemed to stretch and slow, the way people always described it happening in moments of genuine crisis, every detail of the room suddenly hyper vivid, the particular angle of afternoon light through the study window, the faint tremor in Sinclair's outstretched hand, Robert's stricken face frozen somewhere between complicity and horror at what his years of quiet betrayal had ultimately produced."Richard, think about what you're doing," Robert said suddenly, his earlier calm confidence finally cracking as he took an involuntary step backward. "This wasn't the plan. You told me this was about leverage, about forcing a settlement, not this.""Plans evolve, Robert," Sinclair said, his voice carrying an eerie calm despite the weapon in his hand. "You served your purpose. You
Torn Between Vows CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
Robert Cho stood in the study doorway beside Sinclair with an expression Catherine had never once seen on him during the eleven years she'd heard about his relationship with Harry, something cold and satisfied that made her stomach turn.She thought back to every memory Harry had ever shared of Robert, the man who'd handled his parents' estate documents, who'd witnessed their contract signing with dry humor, who'd added a therapy clause specifically to protect her wellbeing. None of that generosity was visible now in the calculating stillness of his expression, and Catherine felt something close to grief for the version of Robert that apparently existed alongside this stranger, wondering how long the two had coexisted before this final, complete betrayal."You," Harry said, his voice low and dangerous, stepping instinctively between Catherine and the door. "I fired you. I trusted you for eleven years, and you led him directly to my son.""I didn't lead anyone anywhere, Harry," Robert
Torn Between Vows CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
The words hung in the small study like something poisonous, and Catherine felt the blood drain from her face as the full weight of Jamie's discovery settled over her. "He's not just trying to destroy your company anymore. He's planning to kill you."She thought of every threat that had come before, the leaked contract, the surveillance devices, the fabricated recordings, all of it suddenly recontextualized as escalating steps toward something far more permanent and irreversible than reputation damage or lost business deals. A man patient enough to plan years in advance had apparently decided, at some point in the recent past, that Harry's death represented the cleanest resolution to whatever obsession had consumed him since the original fraud allegations three years earlier."That would explain the contingency comment," Harry said, his voice unnervingly calm despite the horrifying implication, the particular stillness Catherine had learned to recognize as controlled terror rather than
Torn Between Vows CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
"Someone gave him this information," Catherine said, staring at the detailed floor plan with growing horror. "Someone who had access to this property's actual layout, not just general knowledge that we were staying here."She thought back through everyone who'd touched the logistics of their move to the upstate property, the contractors who'd installed the safe room, the security team Jamie had assembled on short notice, the small circle of people who should have been trustworthy simply by virtue of proximity and necessity. The realization that any one of them might have been compromised felt like watching solid ground reveal itself as thin ice, every step forward suddenly uncertain.Jamie's expression had gone grim. "I've already started reviewing everyone who had access to the security details for this location. Contractors, staff, anyone involved in setting up the safe room and camera systems.""How many people does that include?" Harry asked."More than I'd like," Jamie admitted.
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