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CHAPTER 95
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2026-06-20 01:26:30
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Twice You CHAPTER 102
We returned to Dublin on a rainy autumn day.The flight was silent. Declan piloted the private jet he keeps secret. Harvey stayed in the cabin with me, the two of us sitting in armchairs facing each other, not talking much. I looked out the window, watching the clouds pass, my hand resting on my belly. The baby moved from time to time, as if it sensed we were returning to an important place.Claire was safe. Maeve and Matthew too. The war was over. Richard was dead. His empire had turned to ashes and newspaper headlines. But there was still one thing I needed to do. One thing Declan had asked me to do before we tried to build anything new.He wanted to take me to her grave.The real Beatrice.My sister.The woman he buried, thinking it was me.When the plane landed, the rain was light and steady. Dublin looked gray and quiet. We took a car and drove straight to the private cemetery Declan has kept since before everything fell apart. It's a discreet place, surrounded by tall trees, awa
Twice You CHAPTER 101
The scandal explodes on a Tuesday morning.I'm sitting on the porch of the house we rented on the outskirts of Boston, drinking tea that's already gone cold. The baby moved twice today. Declan is in the kitchen on the phone with someone from the company. Harvey is upstairs, probably on the computer, as he's been almost every day since we returned from Glenfinnan.It was Harvey who leaked everything.Not all at once. He did it calmly, as always. He chose the right journalists. Chose the right documents. Chose the perfect timing. Three days after Richard died, the first anonymous emails started arriving at media outlets in several countries. Then came the physical packages with evidence. Then the access to accounts and documents no one should have.In less than forty-eight hours, the name Ashford was on every news channel in the world.The first story came out in the New York Times.The headline was direct:"Ashford Empire Built on Corruption, Influence Peddling, and Memory Manipulation
Twice You CHAPTER 100
We weren't leaving Boston without closing this last account.After we eliminated Richard's five main accomplices in a single night, the city's air felt lighter. Declan and Harvey wanted to move on. They wanted to go back for Claire and start a new life somewhere far from all of this. But I couldn't.Because there was still one person.Someone who wasn't on the list of the powerful. Someone who didn't receive millions. Someone who wasn't a judge or a senator.He was just a doctor.But he was the one who took me from myself.Dr. Edward Langford.The neurologist who worked with Harvey during those six years. The man who used experimental drugs, hypnosis, and mind-manipulation techniques to erase Evie and build Beatrice. The man who convinced me, day after day, that I was someone else. That my past was a lie. That my feelings were dangerous.He didn't hit me.He didn't handcuff me.He did something worse.He convinced me I never existed.And I wanted him to feel, in his own skin, what it'
Twice You CHAPTER 99
We returned to Boston three days after Glenfinnan Castle turned to ashes.The fire consumed almost everything. The towers, the tapestries, the documents Richard kept there. What remained was swept away by the rain that fell in the hours that followed. Maeve stayed behind with Matthew and some trusted men to ensure nothing remained. She said she needed to see the place with her own eyes. Needed to be certain that her father and everything he represented were truly dead.The three of us came to Boston alone.Declan, Harvey, and me.The city looks different now. Or maybe I'm the one who's different. The streets, the buildings, the smell of rain on the asphalt... everything seems sharper. As if I spent years seeing the world through fogged glass and now the glass has been cleaned.We rented a discreet house on the outskirts, away from the center. An old place, two stories, with a large basement and no close neighbors. Perfect for what we need to do.Because there are still people alive.R
Twice You CHAPTER 98
I sent chapter 97 incorrectly; I sent a chapter from another story, but I've already corrected it. I just need my editor to approve the change.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Glenfinnan Castle is on fire.I feel the heat before I even see the flames. The air is hot, thick, and heavy with smoke. The smell of burning wood, gunpowder, and blood mixes in a way that makes me nauseous. I'm in the middle of the main hall, still with one handcuff loose on my wrist, my entire body aching. My shoulder throbs where Richard's bullet grazed me. There's blood on my hands—I can't tell how much is mine.Richard lies at my feet. Three holes in his body. One in the chest. One in the stomach. One in the forehead. His eyes are open, but he sees nothing anymore. The man who planned my death, who took everything from me, who tried to break me again... is dead.I should feel relieved. And I do. But I also feel a strange empt
Twice You CHAPTER 97
Richard's bullet grazes my shoulder.I fall to the side, my body hitting the stone floor. Pain explodes, hot and immediate. For a second, everything goes white. I hear Declan screaming my name. I hear Harvey shooting. I hear the chaos of the hall—gunfire, screams, bodies falling.But I don't die.Richard raises the gun again, aiming directly at my chest. He's close. Very close. That calm, charming smile is still on his face, even now."You were always stubborn," he says, his voice almost tender. "Even as a child. Even when your mother tried to hide you from me. You always fought. And look where that's gotten you."He takes another step.I'm lying on my side. The handcuffs are still on my wrists, but one of the locks is loose—I noticed it minutes ago, when one of the guards threw me against the wall. The chain around my ankle is also loose on one side. I move my wrists slowly, testing.The lock gives a little more.Richard keeps talking, as if we have all the time in the world."You cou
Twice You CHAPTER 83
The meeting room in the old house is packed. The long wooden table is covered with maps, satellite photos, castle diagrams, and handwritten notes. It’s almost noon. The light coming through the windows is gray, typical of the Highlands we haven’t seen in person yet, but have studied so much that it
Twice You CHAPTER 82
The confirmation arrives just before three in the morning.Harvey is sitting at the living room table, surrounded by three open laptops and a pile of papers. Declan paces behind him, restless. I’m on the sofa, holding a cup of cold tea, trying not to think about the nausea that hasn’t gone away sin
Twice You CHAPTER 81
Maeve leaves just before midnight. She hugs me tightly at the back door, her eyes glassy, and whispers that she’ll try to get more information. I can smell the rain in her hair. Declan and Harvey stay silent beside me, but both shake her hand before she gets into the dark car waiting for her. The v
Twice You CHAPTER 80
Maeve returns to the old house three days after the drone attack.She arrives in the early morning, accompanied by two of Declan’s trusted men. When she enters the main living room, she looks visibly tired, but her expression is that of someone who has finally decided to stop keeping secrets.Decla
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