Love's Double-Cross
The triumphant wife departed with her entourage, leaving behind a tableau of disgrace.
Cassidy, bruised and broken, managed to lift her head just enough to cast a pleading gaze at the man sitting in our car only a few feet away. "Trevor," she whispered between ragged breaths, "help me…"
Trevor's expression wavered between guilt and detachment, a storm of conflicting emotions brewing behind his eyes. After all, Cassidy's downfall was born of her desperation to see him, her reckless entanglement with Lance's affairs a means to an end.
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