Semua Bab DIVORCED, I QUICKLY MARRIED A BILLIONAIRE: Bab 21 - Bab 30

Maya stared at the photo on her phone until her eyes burned. Bella lay in the hospital bed looking weak and pale, tubes in her arm, hair messy like she had been crying for the cameras. Below it Damson had written one line that felt like a knife in her chest.You touched the wrong family, Maya. Now watch me destroy yours.She felt the air leave her lungs. Marcus was still standing beside her in the hallway, his face hard as stone. He took the phone from her hand and read the message. His jaw tightened.“They are moving fast,” he said quietly. “Bella is playing the victim. She knows the video of you at the restaurant will look bad if she spins it right.”Maya’s hands curled into fists at her sides. “She tried to kill me. She helped kick my baby out of me. And now she is the one in the hospital bed crying?”Her voice cracked but she did not cry. Not yet. She looked toward Leo’s room. The door was still open and she could see the small lump under the blanket, breathing slow and peaceful.

Maya sat on the cold metal bench inside the holding cell. The lights above were too bright. They made her eyes hurt. Her red dress felt stupid now, wrinkled and out of place. She wrapped her arms around herself and stared at the gray wall.The door had slammed shut ten minutes ago. Or maybe twenty. She had lost track of time. All she could think about was Leo sleeping upstairs in his bed. And the red line drawn across his throat in that photograph. And Damson’s mother smiling like she had already won.The lock clicked. The small window in the door slid open.A guard looked in. “You have a visitor.”Maya sat up straight. Her heart started beating faster. She thought it would be Marcus. Or maybe one of his lawyers.The door opened.Damson’s mother walked in alone. No handcuffs. No police holding her arm. She closed the door behind her and stood there in her expensive coat, looking down at Maya like she was still the same useless girl from years ago.“Hello, Maya,” she said softly. “Or s

Maya dropped to her knees on the cold floor of the cell. The live video on the guard’s phone kept playing. Leo was on the hallway floor. His small body shook as he threw up again. A dark shadow leaned over him. A hand reached down.The message below the video burned into her eyes.“Tick tock, Maya. Your time is up."She screamed. The sound tore out of her throat raw and broken. The guard jumped back. He almost dropped the phone.“Mrs. Johnson,” he said. His voice sounded far away. “I am calling someone. Stay calm.”But Maya was not calm. She pressed her face against the cold metal bars of the cell door. Her fingers gripped the steel until her knuckles turned white.“Leo,” she whispered. “Please. Hold on.”She could see it all in her head. The little boy who had signed “Mommy you came back” with so much trust. Now he was alone in that dark hallway. Throwing up. Scared. And someone was reaching for him.The guard ran down the hall shouting for help. Maya stayed on her knees. Tears ran d

Maya looked straight at the two police officers standing in the hospital room. Her hand stayed wrapped around Leo’s small fingers. The boy’s skin felt too hot. His breathing was shallow and fast. She did not let go.“Take me,” she said again. Her voice came out cold and clear. “But let me stay with him until the doctor says he is stable.”The older officer shook his head. “We have orders. You are coming with us now. The boy is in good hands.”Marcus stepped forward fast. “She is not going anywhere until we know Leo is okay. This is my son. My wife. You cannot drag her out of here while he is fighting for his life.”The female officer looked at Bella, who was still standing near the door with that same sweet smile on her face. Bella shrugged like none of this had anything to do with her.Maya felt her chest tighten. She leaned down and pressed her lips to Leo’s forehead. “I am right here,” she whispered so only he could hear. “Mommy is not leaving you. Fight for me.”Leo stirred a litt

Maya kept her eyes locked on Damson. He sat on the edge of the metal table like he owned the room. His smile was still there but it looked smaller now.“You came here yourself,” she said again. Her voice stayed low. “That was your mistake.”Damson laughed once. He leaned closer until she could smell the same cologne he used to wear back when she still loved him.“Big talk for a woman in cuffs,” he said. “My mother has everything. The real video from the stairs. The hospital records. The proof you should have died that night. Confess like a good girl and I will make sure Leo lives. Keep playing games and he dies before the sun comes up.”Maya did not blink. She thought about Leo in the hospital bed. His small hand signing “Mommy come back.” She thought about the flat line video they sent to scare her. She thought about the baby she lost because of this man.Her heart hurt but her voice stayed steady.“I already confessed,” she said. “I told them I poisoned Bella. I told them I made the