บททั้งหมดของ They Regret Losing Me Too Late : บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

Bella's POV "Bella, we haven't really talked since you got out." Ruby stood by her white car in the hotel parking lot, keys swinging from her finger. Her smile was soft and sweet, the same smile she wore in court five years ago. "Let's ride together. Just the two of us, okay?" I looked at Logan. He was buckling Sophia into the back seat of his car. "Yeah, go with her," he said without looking up. "You two are like sisters. You should talk. We'll take the other car." "Logan, I don't want—" "Bella." His voice turned hard. "Ruby is trying. Don't ruin this." Danny leaned out of the window. "Be nice to Mother, okay?" I swallowed the words in my throat and got into Ruby's car. For ten minutes, she said nothing. She just hummed along to the radio. Then she missed the turn to the restaurant. "Ruby, that was our exit." "I know." She turned onto a dirt road. Old warehouses stood on both sides, their windows broken and black. "Where are we going?" She didn't answer. The car stoppe

Bella's POV "Ruby, what happened? Wake up!" Logan pulled her into his arms. Her head fell back against his shoulder. Her eyes stayed closed. Danny found a folded paper in her hand. He opened it, and his face went white. "Dad, she tried to kill herself!" Logan grabbed the note and read it out loud, his voice shaking. "Logan, I wanted to marry you. But Bella is back. It's time for me to go." The room went silent. Then Sophia burst into tears. "Aunt Ruby, why did you do this? Why?" "Ruby, hold on." Logan lifted her off the floor. "I'll take you to the hospital right now. Come on. Stay with me." He rushed past me. The kids ran after him, crying.A thin red line ran across Ruby's wrist as Logan carried her out. It didn't drip. It didn't smear on his shirt. It just sat there, bright and neat. A little red dot was left on the carpet where she had been lying. I bent down and touched it. It was dry and smelled sharp. Paint. Such a cheap trick. And she didn't even have the guts to

Bella's POVThe rain in London was soft and gray, nothing like the fire I had left behind.Evelyn led me into a bright dance studio with tall mirrors and a wooden floor that shone like honey. A tall man in a black sweater stood by the window. He turned when we walked in."Bella, this is my brother, Sebastian Fernandez," Evelyn said. "He runs a dance company here in the UK."Sebastian came forward and took my hand in both of his."Bella, your dancing has been the greatest inspiration of my career," he said. "I watched every recording of you I could find. It's an honor to finally meet you."My throat tightened. Nobody had looked at me like that in five years. Like I was worth something."Thank you," I whispered.Evelyn handed me a brown envelope. "This is your new identity, just like you asked."I opened it. A new passport. A new birth certificate. A new name printed in neat black letters."Good." I closed the envelope and lifted my chin. "Starting today, Bella Carter no longer exists.

Logan's POV"Logan, none of this is true."Ruby grabbed the front of my jacket with both hands. Her whole body was shaking."How could I ever do something so horrible? She's lying!" She spun toward Rhonda and pointed a trembling finger. "You're just a convict! Why should anyone believe a single word you say?"For a second, nobody moved.Then Danny stepped forward."Exactly." His voice was shaky, but he made it loud. "Dad, if you told me Mom did something this evil, I'd actually believe it. But Aunt Ruby? She could never do something so disgusting."I stared at my son. Five minutes ago, he heard Ruby wish him dead. And still, he was standing in front of her like a shield."Logan, do you hear that?" Ruby sobbed. "They believe me. Our children believe me. I'm being framed!"Sophia wiped her wet face and moved to Ruby's other side."Dad, you know how kind Auntie is. She wouldn't even step on an ant. It's impossible for her to do this.""Yeah," Danny said. "Mom just had to bite back one la

Logan's POVI had a terrifying feeling in my chest, like a hand was squeezing my heart and wouldn't let go."Drive faster!" I shouted at the driver. "Faster, damn it!"The car flew down the dark road. Trees whipped past the windows. In the back seat, Sophia held her phone so tight her knuckles were white."Mom will be fine," Danny said. He kept saying it, over and over. "They must have made a mistake. It has to be someone with the same name. Or maybe she dropped her passport, and someone else picked it up.""Yes." Sophia nodded too fast. "That has to be it. The police made a mistake.""It can't be her," Danny said. "It absolutely can't be her."I pressed my forehead to the cold window and closed my eyes.*God, I am begging you. Please don't let Bella die. Take anything from me. Just not her.*Red and blue lights flashed ahead of us. Fire trucks. Police cars. Yellow tape across the road.The car hadn't even stopped before I threw the door open and ran.The smell hit me first. Smoke and