All Chapters of The Billion Dollar Bet: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

CARTER'S POV I sat in my car outside Haystack Park for forty minutes before the nausea kicked in. Not the sick-from-nerves kind. The you're-a-stalker-and-you-know-it kind. Rick's surveillance notes said Grace brought the twins here most Tuesdays around two. It was 1:47. I'd parked three spots down

"So what do I do? Just accept I'll never know my own children?" "You accept that right now, today, you don't have a relationship with them. And you work on becoming the kind of man who might deserve one someday. That means therapy. That means respecting Grace's boundaries even when it hurts. That m

I pulled back onto the road, drove home on autopilot while my brain spun through every terrible scenario. Carter filing for custody. Carter using his resources to prove I was an unfit mother. Carter taking my boys away because I'd kept them from him and some judge somewhere would decide that trumped

"Legally, yes. He wouldn't be allowed within a certain distance of you or the twins. Couldn't contact you except through lawyers. Couldn't show up at your house or workplace or anywhere you're likely to be." She was already pulling up forms on her phone. "It's not permanent, we'd have to go before a

"She threatened a restraining order." My brain was trying to catch up, trying to shift from grief to strategy. "After I showed up at the park. She said if I came near them again she'd have me arrested." "And now she's documenting everything to make sure that threat has teeth." Rick's tone was almos