All Chapters of Torn Wool: Chapter 21 - Chapter 24

“Dr. Liticia,” the receptionist said, glancing at the new hire folder. “Welcome to Lynx Hospital. You’ll be stationed in the grief and trauma unit on the twelfth floor. You report directly to the Head Psychiatrist… Dr. Raymond Lynx.”Liticia smiled slightly.It was working.She took the ID badge, her photo beneath her alias, and walked into the very building once built with Maya’s help. Her mind raced with details Jacqueline’s name was now on multiple donation plaques, and Mrs. Lynx had been elevated to chairwoman of the board.They took everything, she thought. And now I’ll take it back for the girl who was being betrayed Ray wasn’t sure what drew him to the new counselor.She introduced herself as Dora Myles, and everything about her seemed professional. Quiet. Composed.But there was something in her voice. The way she moved. Her presence stirred emotions he hadn’t allowed himself to feel since Maya vanished.He found excuses to walk past her office. To talk to her during coffee b

Mrs. Lynx sat alone in her bedroom, staring at a wedding photo of Ray and Maya from five years ago.“She’s back,” she whispered.Her glass of wine tipped. She screamed, shattering it against the wall.“She was supposed to die!”Her assistant, terrified, quietly recorded the entire breakdown and sent it to the press.By morning, the video had 4 million views.Ray stepped up to the podium.“Today I speak not as a CEO or a public figure. But as a man who has been lied to. Manipulated. My wife, Maya Lynx, was presumed dead. But I have reason to believe she is alive… and I will not stop until she is home.”Gasps.Reporters screamed questions.Ray raised his hand. “To those who tried to bury her, I'm coming for you. And this time, no one will protect you.”Alone in a holding cell, Jacqueline spiraled.She scratched Maya’s name into the wall over and over, laughing, crying, singing lullabies.“She’s not real,” she whispered. “She’s just a shadow. A ghost.”But when the guard called her for r