All Chapters of Bound by Madness : Chapter 31 - Chapter 33

CHLOE POVI can’t figure out why he’s doing this to me. I reach up to grab Carson’s arm, “please…. Please don’t let him take me”Tom pulls my hand away and pushes Carson back. Tom says, “It’s been 5 years, you still haven’t given up, huh?”“I stepped aside because I thought you were better than me. A woodchipper would be better than you.” Carson snaps back, trying to push Tom aside but Tom steadies himself quickly.“Get away from my wife.” Tom’s voice is sour and angry.“Look at her!” Carson shouts, “is this really how you treat her?! It’s a miracle the baby made it.”Tom doesn’t look back at me. “That’s my child. I don’t need you to concern yourself with it.”“Someone has to.”April runs around the bed then and grabs my arm. She deliberately pushes into a deep bruise. “Chloe—tell me you haven’t been cheating on Tommy! He cares about you so much. How could you do this?”“Let go of me!” I try to pull my arm away and she throws herself back, knocking over a vase of flowers, a book, and

I finally meet Victor at lunch with Anna and Carson. He greets me in a suit and wide smile.“I am very excited to help you, Chloe.” He says. “Anna’s told me so much about it.”He’s a stern man, with a steady smile and a professional vibe. So different from what I imagined for Anna.“I believe she’s told me everything. I’ve been in contact with the private investigator. He has told me that although there is a lot of probable cause to distrust your husband’s loyalty, he hasn’t found any direct evidence that your husband had cheated. If it is safe for you to get recordings or records, we’d like you to do that.” He slid a box towards me. “If you put these up around your home, or manage to get them into her home, it will help us to record what happens when you’re not around.”I open the box and see many piles of small camera.“They are all Bluetooth.” He explains. “Onto the job… it may be best to get you away from someone you could conceivably have a relationship with.” He motions to Carso