All Chapters of You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Did She Win?THE ruling came early in the morning around nine thirty where the judge read it without preamble. Full primary custody awarded to Elena Brooks with supervised visitation for Marcus Brooks, fortnightly, court-monitored, subject to review at six months. No unsupervised contact until further application and approval.Elena sat very still for a long while, absorbing the information until Kemi's hand closed on her arm."It is done," Kemi said quietly. "It's over."Elena nodded, relief covering her face. She looked across the room at Evan, who had been watching the judge's face with the focused intensity, and when he saw the look on his mother's face, he understood immediately that she had won. That he would get to live with Eamon instead of Marcus.He was across the room and in her arms before she fully stood up, and Elena held him tightly in her arms, trying to keep the tears at bay.He pressed his face into her shoulder and said, "We won, mummy.""We won," Elena confirmed an

Let GoFREYA had a way of making things sound completely reasonable that Elena wanted to allow herself to believe her "You have won a custody case," Freya said on Thursday evening, leaning across the small table in the bar she had chosen, which was warm and not too loud and had excellent small plates. "Your son is safe and well-fed and currently being supervised by a man you trust completely. You have not had a single evening that belonged only to you in approximately one year." She picked up her glass. "This is not reckless. Take it like some kind of maintenance.""Maintenance," Elena repeated and raised a brow at Freya."Of your person, you know... You maintain the person or the person stops functioning." Freya shrugged as she said it with the authority of someone who had learned this lesson at some personal cost. "Drink your drink, Elena."Elena chuckled, shook her head and took another shot of her drink. Somehow, these and habits that Freya had begun teaching her sounded reasonab

MarcusTHE bar was dark and thumping, and Marcus had been there since mine. The woman beside him appeared around ten, looking really beautiful under the soft amber lighting of the VIP reserved area. She laughed at the right moments and leaned in at the right angles. Marcus knew that she was just doing all these just for the money he would pay her later in the night, but for now, he needed the company especially as he was thrown in deep thoughts.He was on his fifth drink for the night. He still couldn't get over the loss of the custody hearing. It sat heavily in his chest, especially because he was extremely certain that he would win the case. And now? Krix no longer believed in him because he couldn't handle this for them. He didn't understand why the custody battle was so important to them, but he had felt that it was his only way to prove to them that he could handle whatever was given to him. But now? He failed so woefully that they had only reached out once to him. His last chanc

Coming HomeEVAN was in the kitchen when Eamon arrived home. He was sitting at the counter in his pajamas, both hands wrapped around a cup of warm chocolate milk that Lina had clearly made him, his back very straight in the way it went straight when he was working hard at something. He looked up when Eamon came in."What about my mummy?" He immediately asked when Eamon stepped in through the door. "You said you were going to wake me up when she came home. But she hasn't come home."Eamon took a deep breath and pinched the space between his forehead, thinking of how he was going to break the little boy's heart after everything he'd gone through in the past few months and days."Is she okay?" he asked immediately, not waiting for his answer. Evan could see clearly on Eamon's face that something was wrong. "Did she fall sick?" He looked really worried, and Eamon could see his eyes glistening with unshed tears.His heart clenched at the look on his face, and it only strengthened Eamon's r

What Eamon DidTHE hospital room had become, over the course of a week, something almost comfortable.Kemi arrived on Thursday morning with her folder and her coffee, and sat in the chair that had become her chair over the past several days."The divorce proceedings," Kemi began, opening the folder."Good morning to you too," Elena said."Good morning. The divorce proceedings." Kemi did not look up from her notes. "Marcus's legal team has filed nothing in eleven days. There has still been nothing from your ex-husband's side." She turned a page. "In eleven years of practice I have never had opposing counsel simply go silent in the middle of active proceedings."Elena looked at her steadily."Is that unusual enough to be concerning?""It is unusual enough to be something," Kemi said carefully. "It could mean they are regrouping. It could mean something has changed on Marcus's end that has altered his legal strategy. It could mean..." She paused. "It could mean a number of things."Elena