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Chapter 13: Tyler's texts
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2026-03-07 23:59:07
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Wrong From the Start Chapter 73: All for Tessa
[ FLASHBACK COMING TO AN END SOON ] “ I would inform my parents once they're back. They will help us, okay?” Tessa assured, but Grayson quickly shook his head. “ No. You can't tell anyone.” “ But Gray…” “ Promise me… It's dangerous Tessa, no one can know.” Even though she hated that he wasn't in support of letting anyone know, she assured him but deep down, she knew she would still tell her parents. They have to help him. Someone has to. And her parents would be returning on Children's Day. ‘ I will be patient till then.’ she told herself. Since then, their bond has grown stronger. Days turned into weeks. And somehow… without either of them noticing, the space beneath that old tree became theirs. Tessa kept talking too much. Grayson kept pretending she annoyed him. Yet every afternoon, he still found himself waiting for the sound of her footsteps. And every afternoon, she came. Slowly, their bond deepened in the quietest ways. Tessa became the first person Grays
Wrong From the Start Chapter 72: Broken Grayson
After that study day, it took her mission more seriously, feeling the need to see his smiles more, to watch him laugh again. And so sometimes, she would drag him out from beneath the tree despite his complaints. Sometimes she'd force him to walk around the playground with her while she spoke endlessly. Other times, they simply sat in silence together. Those were the moments Grayson hated the most. Because they felt peaceful. And peace was dangerous. Peace made people hopeful. Hope made people weak. Yet somehow… around her, he found himself wanting more of it. One afternoon, Tessa arrived with a small box clutched tightly in her hands. “ What's that?” Grayson asked cautiously. “ Open it.” “ Why?” “ Just do it.” With visible reluctance, he lifted the lid. Inside sat a small chocolate cupcake with messy blue frosting. His brows furrowed instantly. “ It looks terrible.” “ I made it myself!” She gasped dramatically. “ You're so rude.” “ I think it's poisoned.” Tessa bur
Wrong From the Start Chapter 71: Tessa's mission
[ Flashback still ongoing….] ….And indeed… Tessa found him. At the far end of the playground, hidden beneath the wide canopy of the large tree. Many times, she would see him there but that faithful day, she approached him. His head was buried in his textbook but even from his side view, she could recognize that it was the boy. “ Hey.” She'd said. His head snapped to him, and she saw it, the way he quickly pulled his sleeve to cover his bruises. The one she already saw. [ For more and better remembrance on how their first meeting went, kindly refer back to ‘ Chapter 51: Missing pieces’ ] …… Since that day, Tessa kept coming back. At first, Grayson thought it was coincidence. The next afternoon, she appeared beneath the same tree with a juice box in one hand and two meat pies in the other. “ You're here again.” He muttered without looking up from his book. “ So are you.” She replied easily, sitting beside him like she always had a right to. His jaw ticked fa
Wrong From the Start Chapter 70: The lost boy
[ Still 16 years ago: Flashback still ongoing ] Shoved to a nanny to take him to his room, the maid's heart sank as she looked at him. Thin and pale. Dry and cracked lips. His eyes were barely open. His legs were barely standing on their own like he was on the verge of collapsing. His stomach grumbled loudly but he wasn't even blinking. Without saying anything, she took him to his room. “ I'll have your meal ready now, young master.” She muttered softly. “ No need. I have to prepare for school.” His voice, barely a whisper, said. The maid gulped hard. “ It's.. weekend.” Grayson's body froze, shivers washed down his veins but he was feeling too dizzy to even look up at her. But he tried, his head shaking as he turned.“ What did you say?” His breath trembled, but watching the way the maid hung her head low, refusing to look at him, he realized she was telling the truth. He has been locked in for almost four days. If today ends, it'll make it four days. He nodded his h
Wrong From the Start Chapter 69: Darkness
[ Still 16 years ago.. where it all started ] Grayson had thought his birthday would at least be different from the other days, but the longer he stayed in the dark, the further he curled into himself. The darkness was never just darkness. It breathed. From the moment the lock snapped into place, something in the room seemed to shift. As if it had been waiting for him. As if this is the only place he belonged to. He felt like the dark was watching him. The air was thick. Wrong. It clung to his skin, crawled into his mouth when he tried to breathe, until every inhale felt stolen—like the room might change its mind and take it back. He stayed still, pulled his knees against his chest, tried not to hear the tiny sound the dark makes. Nothing's here. No one is here. He told himself repeatedly. He had no idea how long he'd stayed there, but he remembered that no one had told him ‘ Happy birthday ‘ today, he hadn't even told himself. With his dry throat, he mumbled under his
Wrong From the Start Chapter 68: Grayson's birthday
[ Note: Chapter is emotionally heavy, it contains scenes of child abuse and may be distressing for some readers. ] | 16 YEARS AGO: FLASHBACK | It was a harsh, sunny day, yet the house felt colder than it does during dusk. Not the kind of cold that crept into your skin from the air, but the kind that lived in the walls, watching, waiting. Grayson felt it the moment he stepped through the door, his fingers still curled loosely around the strap of his schoolbag. Behind him, his younger brother stumbled in with a muffled whimper. “Stop crying,” Grayson muttered under his breath, not turning. “You’ll make it worse.” But Tyler couldn't. Blood had drained in thin, ugly streaks along his lip, and his sleeve was torn where someone had dragged him across gravel. His breathing hitched —small, broken sounds that seemed too loud in the suffocating quiet of the house. From the sitting room, Grayson heard it, the small sounds of the approaching steps. All that was all the warning they got.
Wrong From the Start Chapter 14: Rainy night
The four of them settled around the table in a quiet lounge of the suite, all three smiling except Tessa who sat stiffly in her chair like this was the last place she wanted to be. Grayson on the other hand, sits next to her, looking perfectly relaxed, leaning casually back. Prisca glanced between
Wrong From the Start Chapter 12: Gazing
| THE NEXT MORNING— ITALY | The vibration of phone stirred Tessa awake. She moaned as she stretched on the bed, dawn bleeding through the curtains. She fluttered her eyes open slowly. Her body felt stiff from sleeping too close to the edge of the bed, a careful distance maintained between her an
Wrong From the Start Chapter 11: Still our son
“ You're shaking, Tess. And I haven't even done anything.” Her breath hitched, face reddened with embarrassment. Her brow creased in anger and confusion at how hard her chest was pounding, and why her body was trembling like that. But she cared not about any answer at the point, she just wanted
Wrong From the Start Chapter 9: Hot threat
The pain in her ankle pulsed before anything else did, it was a persistent throb. If only she hadn't run earlier in those heels, they would not have worsened the pain that was endurable. It was the same ankle she had twisted when she fell down the stairs. But as if the day wasn't worse enough, t
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