All Chapters of Embracing My Bones for Forgiveness: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Three years into my existence as a ghost, Logan Grant returned with Yvonne Stone, the woman he'd always loved. He also brought news that my father, Robert Shaw, had been taken captive.My mother, Helen Shaw's, legs nearly gave out when she heard. She stumbled out of the apartment and hurried downstairs, where Logan was just getting out of his car, his expression cold and indifferent.Without a second thought, she dropped to her knees and pleaded with him."Logan, please, let my husband go. You know how good he's always been to you."His voice was painfully familiar. "Mr. Shaw treated me well, I'll give you that. Can't say the same for his daughter. I told you back then that I'd make Xena pay twice over for what she did to Yvonne!""But Xena, she..."Before Helen could finish, Roberts's agonized screams rang out.I rushed toward him in a panic, only to watch helplessly as the men beat him with clubs, breaking both his legs.Blood spread across the ground toward Logan's shoes. He backed

"Mrs. Shaw, I'm only going to say this one more time. Either you take care of Yvonne, or you tell Xena to get her ass out here."Logan's voice turned threatening. "Yvonne is pregnant now. If anything happens to her, I'll make your entire family pay twice over!"Pregnant?My gaze immediately dropped to Yvonne's stomach. Helen looked just as stunned, though I caught a flash of hatred in her eyes.What surprised me even more was Yvonne's reaction. She seemed just as shocked by the announcement. After tugging at Logan's shirt and whispering something to him, she finally managed a strained smile.In the end, Helen backed down and agreed to take care of Yvonne, but only if Logan let her see Robert."I'll arrange for you to see him in a while," Logan said. "That depends on how Xena behaves, though."How I behaved? What did he expect me to do, visit him in his dreams?"And stop feeding me that bullshit about her being dead. If she cares about keeping her family safe, she'd better come out of h

Helen was just as distraught."Logan, what exactly are you trying to accomplish?""What do you think? Yvonne is still waiting for your son and daughter to apologize to her.""Why should either of my children apologize to a murderer?"A cold smile spread across Logan's face."Don't blame me for being heartless, Mrs. Shaw. You know Yvonne is still struggling with bipolar disorder. She could have been the best ballerina in the country, but Xena ruined her chance to compete with her ridiculous behavior."Listening to him go on about Yvonne's ruined career, I almost laughed at the absurdity of it all.Wasn't Yvonne eliminated in the very first round because she simply wasn't good enough?"The best ballerina in the country?" Helen gave a bitter laugh before turning her gaze toward the window. Her lips trembled as she murmured, "If Xena hadn't..."Logan waited for her to finish, but she merely bowed her head, covered her face with both hands, and began to sob.The bodyguards holding her down

Logan pressed his lips together, taking a long moment before answering."If you think your parents can keep putting up with your games at their age, then don't ever bother seeing me again."This time, he was the one who hung up. Even his fingers were tense with anger.Logan had always hated being stood up. Whoever was pretending to be me apparently hadn't bothered to find out something so basic about him.Nathan tried to put in another good word for me, but one look from Logan was enough to silence him.I followed Logan into the car, where Yvonne called him several times during the drive. At first, he spoke to her gently, doing his best to comfort her. As the calls continued, though, his patience gradually wore thin. By the time he rubbed his forehead and impatiently ended another call, I could sense a growing weariness in him.Did all men eventually fall out of love?"Logan, I'm in so much pain. What if I can never dance again? I'm scared, Logan. I don't want to go through what happen

Ethan threw the death certificate onto the ground. Nathan hurried over to pick it up, carefully unfolded it, and examined it before handing it to Logan."Mr. Grant, this doesn't look fake."Logan didn't even bother to look at it. Instead, he strode up to Ethan, grabbed him by the collar, and pulled him close."If you don't want to spend the rest of your life in a psychiatric hospital, you'd better tell me where your sister is!""Larch Hill Cemetery, Plot 29. Do you need me to take you there myself?"Ethan stared up at him, a single tear slipping from his hollow eyes. Then he seized Logan's collar in return, his voice thick with emotion."When you first started pursuing my sister, I thought you genuinely loved her. Turns out, the moment you found someone new, you threw her away!"His words brought back memories from what felt like another lifetime.Logan and I had been seventeen or eighteen when we met, both young and talented. I'd always excelled at what I did, and he was no less capab