Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bound by Revenge, Saved by Love: Kabanata 111 - Kabanata 120

Ada “Dad?” Damson says. It’s the only time when he actually sounds like his usual self. “Damson,” Harry begins, his voice low and his eyes filling with tears. “I knew something was wrong. I knew that…that you were up to something but I could never have imagined that it was this. What are you doing?”Damson seems to fall silent but his grip on me is unrelenting and I know this because I’m fighting against him, hoping he’ll release me so I can join Harry’s side. Harry’s gaze slides from his son to me. “Ada, are you alright? Jesus. Sweet baby Jesus. You look a mess. Has he hurt you?”“He has,” I grit out before giving my arm one last sharp tug. Thankfully, he releases me. “He hurt me more than words could ever describe, Harry. Your son is a monster!”The words seem to cut him deep. He looks back and forth between the two of us and suddenly reaches for me. “Come, Ada. I’ll get you out of here. Come with me. Take my hand.”I think the words ‘getting out’ seem to trigger Damson because

Ada “Twins!” Harry adds. “You’re not just siblings. You’re twins.”As I listen to him speak, I ask myself if this is real—could this be real? It feels like I’m having a strange lucid dream of some kind. Maybe when I wake up, I’ll realize that I’d been dreaming. I pinch myself. It hurts. “Heavens, I’m relieved that this is out!” Harry exclaims. “I always wanted to tell you both the truth but your mother insisted that you should wait. Before we knew it, you were both grown and there was nothing else to be done. I blame her but I also blame myself. I should’ve done better. Shouldn’t have listened to her. She has this tendency to put things off for later and now, look at what’s happened! Our own children wanted to fornicate and have affairs and…Ada.” Harry makes his way to my side and I can’t even inch away from him. I stare back at his face numbly. “He didn’t touch you, did he? Did he? Oh, God. Please tell me he didn’t.”I don’t even answer his question—what does it matter anyway? I

Ada “Harry, stop it!” I yell, trying to step forward. Max grabs my arm and stops me from taking another step forward. The sight of the gun makes shivers race down my spine. “Lower that gun!” I exclaim. “What do you think you’re doing!? You’re only going to get yourself into more trouble!”“I don’t care about trouble, Ada,” he answers. “This young man here think he can rise from the dead and torment me? What do you want to know exactly? I already apologized. It’s either you kill yourself or let it go, Theodore.”My brother clenches his jaw, his eyes on Harry’s face and not the gun. It’s like I’m watching a horror movie play right before my eyes. I don’t want anyone to get hurt, not again. “Ada,” Max says in my ear. “Stay put. There’s nothing you can do or say that will change his mind. I don’t want you to get hurt.”“I don’t want anyone to get hurt, either,” I claim. He starts dragging me away from the scene but I refuse to go. I resist. Theo says to Harry, “Going to finish what

Maximilian When Grayson appears at my side, I don’t even look up. He slaps my shoulder and asks me, “Everything alright?”“I’m worried about Ada. Where’s Theo?”“Getting stitched up. He’ll be fine, though.”I sigh and rub my face. It’s been a long day and I’m riled up. At least it’s over. “Harry?”“Dead.”I could tell that the sight of his body affected Ada but I don’t know to what extent. I’m new to this whole story so I don’t know how she felt about him. It’s clear that she didn’t consider him a father and, to be fair, the man was an asshole and manipulative. He managed to fool even me with his whole ‘I changed’ story, and then he pulled a gun on us and nearly killed Ada’s brother. Fuck. I thought I had problems. “It’s going to be alright,” Grayson claims. “Things are going to make more sense now. At least for her. Crazy though, isn’t it?”I nod, agreeing with him. “To me, it’s crazy that I wouldn’t have met her if that man hadn’t lied to her her whole life.”“That’s true.”Life

Ada I watch as her eyes widen when she takes in Theo, who’s standing directly next to me. Her mouth is agape and she stares at him like she’s staring at a ghost. They straightens his spine and fixes her a look. I see his anger blazing in his eyes as clear as day but when he speaks, he sounds controlled. At ease. “Theresa. Long time no see.”“Theodore?”“In the flesh. Surprised to see me?”If I hate Harry, then it’s only natural for me to hate my mother because in many ways, this is also her fault. All of this is her fault. She’s the one who caused all this duplicity. She’s who deceived my real father and brought Harry into our lives. She caused his death and Theo’s accident, and the worst part?She sat by and watched as Harry ruined our lives. He tricked me and lied to me about the Loxleys and she never contradicted him. Of course, when they both saw how stubborn and adamant I was, they then played the concerned parent card on me. Tried to manipulate me into staying away. I should