LEOSarah's phone was off the whole time I was trying to reach her, making me more anxious. I went to the police station to report Sarah missing, but they said they couldn't do anything until 24 hours had passed.As I drove home feeling helpless, my phone started ringing. It was Melanie calling."Leo..Leo..it's me, Melanie," she said, out of breath."I know it's you. Take a deep breath and tell me what's going on," I said, trying to calm her down."I'm at your house right now. Where are you?" she asked."I'm on my way home. Is something wrong?" I asked, starting to feel a strange sense of unease. Then I remembered that she had gone out with my wife. But before I could say anything else, she hung up. I stepped on the gas and raced home.As I parked in front of my house, I saw Melanie's car parked outside, and she came running toward me."What happened, Melanie? Where's my wife? Where is Sarah?" I bombarded her with questions."They took her, Leo! Emma.. Emma took

MELANIE.I'd been dodging Leo and Sarah like a ninja ever since the kidnapping fiasco because the guilt was eating me alive.But damn, my twin sister, Isabelle, was acting like Emma's little puppet, and was driving me insane. Why the hell would she hang around someone like Emma? I tried calling Isabelle, but she blocked my calls like I was some telemarketer.On a lazy Saturday morning, my phone buzzed with Sarah's name flashing on the screen. Panic raced through my veins, leaving me frozen. She called again... and again... and again. I finally caved and answered."Hey, it's Sarah," she said."I'd like you to drop by my house today. I'd like us to talk. "Now, I didn't want to see Sarah's face or step foot in her house for that matter. So, I scrambled to come up with an excuse."Uh... I'm so sorry, but I'm feeling under the weather today. I don't think I can make it," I lied, hoping she'd buy it.She took a moment, then replied, "No worries, Melanie. I'll come ove

SARAH After my baby girl was born, everything seemed to magically change. It was like our problems had vanished into thin air. Isabelle, the one who had caused so much trouble, turned herself into the police and told them her side of the story. Surprisingly, she only got a one-year prison sentence as an accomplice. Thank goodness it wasn't too harsh. But then, out of nowhere, Clara stopped showing up to work. She didn't even bother to resign or ask for permission. She simply vanished. I felt the urge to call her several times, but then I remembered that we were on bad terms. My cousin Emma had promised to make my life miserable, but it seemed like she had given up. We almost forgot she existed. The guys who helped her kidnap Raya were already in prison, getting what they deserved. But then, something caught my attention. Leo started coming back home later than usual for more than a week now. And whenever I asked him about it, he always blamed it on bad traffic. One day, I was at

SARAHJake was a quiet boy, rarely speaking and often hard to read. I couldn't help but worry about how he would handle my mother-in-law staying with us for a whole month.I was furious with my husband for not telling me about his mother's plan to visit, let alone her plans to stay for so long. Who knew, she might even decide to stay even longer than that!Now, Grandma was here, along with me and my son Jake. Leo had suggested that I try to get the two of them to bond and become more familiar with each other. But I thought it was a ridiculous idea. Grandma had never shown any interest in connecting with Jake, only with Carolyn. It was painfully obvious that she disliked Jake.I whipped up a batch of tasty fries for Grandma and called on Jake to bring them over. But when he came back, he was fuming and upset. If he were a girl, I bet he would have bawled his eyes out."What's the matter, son?" I asked, holding his face gently.Leo came home hours later, but Jake was still missing. Unab

SARAH Leo was furious after Jake woke up. He had fainted while watering the flowers outside with his aunt Cora. Carolyn called me and informed me that Jake's medication was untouched and still sealed. This meant that he hadn't been taking his medicine."Do you even wish to live? If you truly wanted to survive your condition, you wouldn't have skipped your medication!" Leo shouted at Jake, who sat silently on his grandmother's bed.I enveloped Jake with my hands, as though shielding him from his father's angry outburst."What's the point of me existing, huh?" Jake asked, now looking up at his father."Don't say that, Jake," I whispered to him."I know I'm not your real son. I don't belong here."Leo, who had been yelling all this time, suddenly calmed down, realizing that the boy was revealing his inner truth."Grandma has told me countless times that no matter how hard I try, I'll never truly be accepted into this family."Just then, Lilian who had been out f