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CHAPTER 55

Penulis: Destiny John-Peters
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-12-14 23:31:26

CATHERINE

Ronald’s footsteps echoed loudly behind me even when I told him to stop following me. My pulse hammered behind my eyes, prickling at the throb there. I ignored him, shoving open the doors to the main station and immediately the chaos hit me.

Low chatter of people, cops storming around, dragging suspects in handcuffs, a phone that consistently chimed the entire time. My stomach tightened more, my steps faltered just enough for

Ronald to catch up.

“Cath…” he called, half plea, half frustration.

I should have been grateful. He’d come all the way here. He’d talked the charges down. Ellie was safe in his house and everything wasn’t as bad as I thought it was.

But my guilt ate me up from the inside.

When he’d asked me why I lost control like that I just snapped instead of answering. Admitting the truth was harder. I was a coward. Even I knew that, but it was already too late for the truth. The threat was real and wasn’t going anywhere.

“Mr Turner,” a voice called, pulling me out
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    CATHERINE The moment Ronald parked in his driveway, I bolted out of the car and into the house. My heart was racing, mixed with relief and anger when u spotted Ellie.She was spread out on his living room couch, thumbing the remote with a bored expression, without a care in the world. I blew out a sharp, annoyed breath before forcing my feet to move. “Elaine Abigail Reynolds.”I saw her go still, then her head snapped to me. Her eyes widened for half a second before she… rolled her eyes at me.Anger flared in my chest.I’d been raging this town like a madwoman, worrying about whether or not she’d been stuffed into a duffle bag and here she was goofing around.My footsteps thundered in the space as I stormed to where she was, stopping right between her and the television. I folded my arms around my heaving chest.She huffed out a breath, dragging her eyes to me.“Do you have any idea how worried I was?” I seethed but Ellie couldn’t be more bothered.She finally dropped the remote nex

  • Your dad is mine   CHAPTER 55

    CATHERINERonald’s footsteps echoed loudly behind me even when I told him to stop following me. My pulse hammered behind my eyes, prickling at the throb there. I ignored him, shoving open the doors to the main station and immediately the chaos hit me.Low chatter of people, cops storming around, dragging suspects in handcuffs, a phone that consistently chimed the entire time. My stomach tightened more, my steps faltered just enough for Ronald to catch up.“Cath…” he called, half plea, half frustration.I should have been grateful. He’d come all the way here. He’d talked the charges down. Ellie was safe in his house and everything wasn’t as bad as I thought it was.But my guilt ate me up from the inside.When he’d asked me why I lost control like that I just snapped instead of answering. Admitting the truth was harder. I was a coward. Even I knew that, but it was already too late for the truth. The threat was real and wasn’t going anywhere.“Mr Turner,” a voice called, pulling me out

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  • Your dad is mine   CHAPTER 53

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