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Bella PovI woke up to yelling. Damian's voice. Angry. Loud.I got up from the chair in the nursery. Nathan was still sleeping. I went to see what was happening.Damian was at the front door. Talking to Marcus. The security guard. Both of them looked upset."What's going on" I asked."Your car" Marcus said. "Someone tried to slash the tires. We caught him"My stomach dropped. "What""A man was in the parking garage" Damian said. "He had a knife. He was cutting your tires. Marcus and another guard caught him before he could finish""Who was he" I asked."We don't know yet" Marcus said. "The police are questioning him now. But he had a photo of you in his pocket. And a note with the license plate of your car""Lila" I said. "She hired him. Just like she hired someone to try to run us off the road""We don't know that for sure" Damian said. "But yes. Probably"I sat down. My legs felt weak. Shaky. Someone was here. In our building. Trying to sabotage my car. Maybe planning to do worse."

Damian PovI sat in the waiting room of Dr. Sarah Williams 's office staring at the motivational posters on the wall. One said "The first step to change is admitting you have a problem." I already knew I had a problem. I destroyed my marriage. I hurt the woman I loved. I brought danger to my son. The real question was whether I could actually fix any of it."Mr Roberts" a woman said. She stood in the doorway wearing glasses and a kind smile. "I'm Dr. Williams . Come on in."I followed her into her office. It was warm and comfortable with soft lighting and a couch that looked like it had heard a thousand confessions. I sat down and immediately felt awkward. I didn't know how to do this. How to talk about my feelings. How to admit out loud all the terrible things I had done."So Damian" Dr. Williams said. She sat across from me with a notebook. "Tell me why you're here.""My wife......my ex wife made me come" I said. "Well she didn't make me exactly but she said if I didn't get help we

Damian PovI had just gotten Nathan down for his morning nap when the doorbell rang. I checked the camera. My mother Gloria stood there in an expensive coat holding a designer bag. I groaned. I hadn't told her Bella was out of town because I knew she would show up exactly like this.I opened the door. "Mom. What are you doing here.""I came to meet my grandson" Gloria said. She pushed past me into the penthouse. "You've been hiding him from me for two months. I have a right to meet my own grandchild.""I wasn't hiding him" I said. "Things have been complicated.""Because of that woman" Gloria said. She looked around the penthouse like she was inspecting it. "Where is she anyway. Too busy with her modeling career to take care of her own child.""Bella is working" I said. My voice got hard. "She's in Milan for a shoot. I'm watching Nathan.""You're watching him alone" Gloria said. She raised her eyebrows. "Does she not trust a nanny. Or does she not trust you.""It was my idea" I said.

Damian PovNathan was crying in his crib when my phone buzzed with a notification. Someone had tagged me in a video. I picked up Nathan and checked my phone at the same time. The video started playing automatically.It was Bella and Ethan at the photoshoot. They were laughing together. She looked beautiful and happy and relaxed. Ethan said something and she threw her head back laughing. His hand was on her shoulder. They looked like a couple. The caption said "New love alert? Bella Morgan and photographer Ethan Brooks looking cozy in Milan."My chest tightened. My hands started shaking. The old me would have called Bella immediately and demanded to know what was going on. The old me would have yelled and accused and made everything worse. But Dr. Williams had given me tools to deal with moments like this. She said to count to ten before reacting to anything that made me angry or jealous.I started counting while I bounced Nathan on my hip. One. Two. Three. The video kept playing. Etha

Damian PovI was making breakfast when my phone buzzed with a text from an unknown number. I opened it while I flipped pancakes on the griddle. The message said "Damian, it's Sophia. I got a new phone in prison. I wanted to reach out because I owe you an apology. I'm sorry for everything. For trying to sabotage your relationship with Bella. For working with Lila. For the smear campaign. You deserved better from me. I let my feelings cloud my judgment and I hurt people. I'm working on myself in here. I hope you and Bella find happiness. You both deserve it."I stared at the message for a long time. The old me would have deleted it immediately and never mentioned it to anyone. The old me kept secrets. The new me was trying to be transparent about everything.I screenshot the message and texted it to Bella. "Just got this from Sophia. Thought you should see it."Bella was at her apartment but she texted back immediately. "Wow. That's unexpected.""Yeah" I texted back. "Want to talk about