All Chapters of broken pieces : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Dan stepped toward Saria. “Saria, please.” She didn’t move. “Listen to me.” She remained silent. “I never wanted any of this to happen.” Saria looked at him. For a moment, Dan seemed desperate. He looked nothing like the confident man she had known. He looked afraid. But Saria wasn’t sure anymore if his fear was because of her Or because she was getting too close to the truth. “Please,” Dan said again. “You have to believe me.” Saria slowly shook her head. “I don’t know what to believe anymore.” Dan swallowed. “I was trying to protect you.” “You keep saying that.” Her voice was calm now. Too calm. “And every time you say it, I discover another lie.” Dan’s face tightened. Saria turned away from him. Then something came back to her. The hospital. The night the attacker broke in. The night she had been terrified. The night she had believed Dan was supposed to be there. She turned around. “You told me something.” Dan looked at her

“Why?”Saria’s voice cut through the silence.She turned toward Dan, her eyes fixed on him.“Why does Victoria keep calling you?”Dan said nothing.Saria stepped closer.“She knows I’m here. She knows I’m looking for Lily. She knows exactly what I want.”Her fingers tightened around the silver key.“So why does she keep communicating with you?”Dan opened his mouth, but Lucas spoke first.“Because she knows he’ll answer.”Saria turned toward Lucas.“What do you mean?”Lucas looked at Dan.“Victoria is his stepmother. She knows Dan better than any of us.”Adams nodded slowly.“And she knows he’s the easiest person to use.”Dan’s eyes moved toward Adams.“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”Adams gave a humorless smile.“Don’t I?”He stepped closer.“Victoria knows that if she calls

Saria stared at Dan. The message remained on her phone. DON’T TRUST DAN. Her fingers trembled. For several seconds, nobody spoke. The road was silent again. Too silent. The men who had attacked them were gone. The black vehicle had disappeared into the darkness, leaving only broken glass scattered across the road. But Saria barely noticed. All she could see was Dan. The man who claimed to be her husband. The man who said he loved her. The man who had told her about Lily. And now someone was warning her not to trust him. Dan took a slow step toward her. “Saria” She stepped backward. Dan stopped. His expression changed. “You believe that message?” “I don’t know what to belie

Saria looked down. A live video appeared. Lily was on the screen. Her face was wet with tears. “Mummy” Saria’s heart shattered. “Lily!” The camera moved. A man grabbed Lily by the shoulder. “Let her go!” Saria screamed. The man turned toward the camera. His face remained hidden. But his voice was clear. “You have three minutes.” Saria stared at the screen. Three minutes for what? “To remember.” What? The man laughed softly. “The truth.” The video ended. Saria lowered the phone. Her breathing became uneven. Lucas stepped beside her. “We’re going in.” Adams stood despite his wounded shoulder.

Saria couldn’t move.She stared at the man standing behind Lily.The gun remained pressed against her daughter’s head.Her mind screamed his name.But her lips refused to say it.Lucas stepped beside her.“Saria, who is he?”The man smiled.“You really don’t remember?”Saria shook her head.“No.”He chuckled.“Of course you don’t.”Lily began crying.“Mummy, please.”Saria’s heart broke.“Let her go.”The man’s eyes remained on her.“Give me the key.”Saria looked down at her hand.The silver key.“No.”The gun moved slightly against Lily’s temple.Saria’s face went pale.“Don’t.”“Then give me the key.”Victoria stepped forward.“Do it, Saria.”Saria looked at her.“You knew about him.”Victoria smiled.“I k