Chapter 11

I ignored her screaming and walked out of the hospital.***Three months later, the verdict came down.The evidence was solid.Brenda was convicted of murder.One person was dead, another critically injured, and Brenda got life without parole.She'd never walk free again.Victor died without a will or any other children.After a messy legal battle, Kelsey was still legally his daughter and had inheritance rights under the divorce agreement.So she ended up with most of what Victor left behind.After selling the property and company shares, Kelsey walked away with a little over three hundred grand.For most people, that was life-changing money.And the first thing she did wasn't visit the mom who'd killed for her.She hired an agent, got a visa, and planned to disappear overseas and live it up.The afternoon before she left, she showed up outside the company where I was interning.Dressed to turn heads, sunglasses on, heels clicking.The second I walked out, she stepped

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Chapter 12

"We're with an international police task force."Kelsey died in a rental apartment overseas."The conference room went dead silent.I tightened my grip on the phone and walked to the end of the hall."What did you just say?"The officer explained what happened.After Kelsey moved overseas with three hundred grand, the glamorous life she'd imagined never happened.She burned through money like crazy and had no degree, no job skills, and no backup plan.Less than two years later, she was broke.Desperate, she fell in with some shady people and joined a phone scam ring targeting people back home.She was pretty and knew how to fake charm, so she handled romance-investment scams aimed at wealthy older men.She conned a lot of people out of their savings.But recently, Kelsey got into a nasty fight with the ringleader over how to split a huge score.They weren't interested in arguing.One night, several people broke into her apartment and killed her to shut her up."Her body

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Chapter 13

The weight I'd carried through two lifetimes was finally gone.***Two years later, I married Luke Lambert, my boyfriend of three years.He was an upperclassman I met in college—steady, mature, dependable.More than anything, he understood why I kept my walls up and never asked me to be softer than I was.We had a huge wedding.Dad wore the most expensive custom suit he'd ever owned and spent nearly all his savings on my wedding gift.When the music started, he took my hand and walked me down the aisle.The second he placed my hand in Luke's, he broke down crying."Maya had a hard life growing up."Please take good care of her."Luke squeezed my hand and shook Dad's.A year later, I gave birth to our daughter, Sophie Lambert.Dad was over the moon.He moved into our apartment complex and came by every day to help with Sophie.He spoiled her rotten. Even Luke joked that Dad only had eyes for his granddaughter now.Our life was loud, warm, and wonderfully normal.I never

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