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A Place That Felt Almost Like Home

Author: sheilla
last update publish date: 2025-12-17 01:11:04

A Place That Felt Almost Like Home

MARCUS drove into the driveway with a speed that didn’t match the quiet of the neighborhood. The rented car purred beneath him— sleek, black, expensive. The same car he had used the night before, the same one that had ferried him into a world of neon lights, loud music, and poor decisions with Tiara clinging to his arm. The rental hadn’t expired yet, which was the only reason he was still in it. He had told himself he would return it later. He had told himself
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  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    120: The Nightmares

    The Nightmares.THE restaurant hostess was already removing the second place setting when Elena walked in."Your guest came in but left just as soon." the woman said immediately Elena sat down. "She looked terrified and hurried out of the restaurant after waiting for five minutesElena sat in the chair, checking her phone to see if Tiara had at least left a message on it, but she saw nothing."Was there anyone she was particularly afraid of? Did she leave a message for you to give me?" Elena couldn't help but ask because she was stomped.She was currently in the mall's restaurant after she had made a private reservation for herself and Tiara just so she could throw Eamon off her trail, and now Tiara just stood her up. Or was someone threatening her? Did Marcus get to her first?All sorts of questions were running through her mind because Tiara was going to be the link she used to destroy Marcus once and for all.The hostess frowned slightly and thought about it. "I heard her mumbling

  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    119: Two Hours

    Two HoursEvan came out of his room, and when he saw Eamon standing in the kitchen with his mom, his eyes sparkled and he bounded towards Eamon with so much happiness."Dad!"He yelled and rushed into Eamon's waiting arms.Eamon picked him up with a smile on his face and pecked his forehead. "How have you been, my boy?" He asked Evan who was giving his full attention to him.Elena, on the other hand, watched the scene with great warmth in her heart, noting that this was how life was supposed to be. This was how a happy family was supposed to be. A healthy family, for Evan. And she knew she would sell her soul to the devil for Evan to enjoy that kind of life without any hitch.She watched as both of them conversed, and she took out her phone again to text Tiara. Giving her the time and location of where they should meet. Tiara's response came immediately after, positively, and Elena was almost suspicious about how easy that went.Eamon lifted his eyes from Evan and saw Elena typing on h

  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    118: The List

    The ListSHE waited until they were home and the shopping bags were put away. Evan had washed his hands and was currently sitting at the kitchen table with a biscuit, kicking his legs in glee like someone who had spent a successful day.Elena sat across from him, she'd been quiet throughout the drive back home as her mind was reeling with everything Evan had said."Why didn't you tell me," she began carefully. "Why didn't you tell me about aunty Tiara when I came home?"Evan was confused at first, but his expression slowly relaxed in understanding. He looked at the biscuit on the table. "You were always tired." Evan played with the biscuit wrapper absentmindedly. "Every time you came home, you looked tired. I didn't want to make it worse because after that, you will go and cook, clean the dirty place that Marcus kept and you slept."Elena's heart ached at the thought that her son noticed every single thing that had been happening in the house, but he kept quiet about them. She though

  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    117: Someone She Used to Know

    Someone She Used to KnowTHE mall was the kind of place that reminded her of who she used to be in the past.There was a time she loved shopping, splurging the little amount of money she was making on Evan and Marcus. She and Marcus had brought Evan here when he was small enough to fall asleep in the stroller, that was after they had issues and patched up. She had not thought about that in years, and she found, walking through the entrance now with Evan pulling slightly ahead of her with his little hands clasped around hers, that it was strangely comforting to do this again."Can we start at the top floor?" Evan asked. He was already craning toward the escalators impatiently, as if he would bolt anytime soon if she gave him the permission to."We start with the shops I need," she said. "Then we'll see what time is left."Evan groaned loudly and put his hands over his face in disappointment. Elena just giggled and listed everything she needed to buy in her head. The CEO announcement wa

  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    116: First Move

    First MoveELENA sent the tip at the moment that she could perceive the rice she was boiling on fire.She typed the final line of the anonymous message — a forwarded file of Marcus's transaction records, the ones she had gotten legally during the court case procedure, and the ones she had someone secretly investigate, and lastly the ones she had kept in a folder mislabeled Evan's school documents and told herself she might never use (while she was still married to Marcus, and she pressed send. Then she placed the burner phone face-down on the counter beside the stove and went back to stirring.She had addressed the message to two departments at the financial crimes authority and copied a second version of the text to an investigative journalist whose byline she had been following for three years. She kept the cover message short without any detailed explanation or introduction about who she was and why she was doing what she did. She just sent the files and a single line of message at

  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    115: Her Name Back

    Her Name BackKEMI slid the document across the table carefully with a small but proud expression on her face. The look of relief on her face was enough to ease the tension in Elena's mind because she was tired of getting jumped with new motions filed by Marcus in order to elongate the case."Read the final line," Kemi whispered to Elena as they sat on the kitchen counter of Elena's home.Elena read the lines carefully...*...hereafter Elena Brooks, reverting to her birth name upon finalization of proceedings...*The relief washed over her again as a smile broke out on her face. She put the document down and took a sip of her sweet tea, enjoying the fact that her own name was returned in a legal language. She was finally her."What about the eighty percent?" she squinted slightly and carried the paper again. "I didn't read it in the paper."Kemi's expression told her before the words did. "The assets transferred to Evan's name are legally his. As his guardian, you have oversight but y

  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    When The Spotlight Turned

    When the Spotlight TurnedELENA spotted them easily.Marcus and Tiara stood a few feet away, pressed too close, fingers interlocked, her head tilted toward his shoulder as though it belonged there. The sight no longer stabbed her heart the way it had minutes ago. Instead, a slow, wicked smirk curve

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  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    When Power Knocks

    When Power KnocksIT took a full two minutes of suffocating silence before reality finally settled into the room.Two whole minutes of nobody breathing properly, of eyes blinking too fast or not at all, of minds scrambling to make sense of the impossible sight standing in their doorway. Then, almos

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-20

  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    Confessions and Denials

    Confessions and Denials THE moment Elena stepped into the main hall, she felt it.The shift. That shift.The air itself seemed to thicken, heavy with curiosity, speculation, and barely contained judgment. Rows of employees filled the wide hall, some seated behind sleek desks, others moving briskly

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-20

  • You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise    Beyond The Shadows

    Beyond the ShadowsTHE car slowed to a smooth stop, and Elena barely noticed when the engine went silent.She was too busy staring, too busy thinking.Before her stood a mansion so vast and breathtaking that her mind struggled to process it all at once. Tall ivory walls glowed softly beneath carefu

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-19
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