dst the unbearable tragedy, was a final, devastating blow. She knew, in that moment, that she had lost. Th

her voice thick with unshed

wedding day, sobbing about how Jake had "wronged" her. Chloe had thought the wrong was about tricking her into donating a kidney. She

ears, her mind had protected her from it. N

ted to help you leave, to expose him. But he was afraid. Afraid you'd recover your memory, afraid you'd te

elieved Jake was her salvation, the man who would love her despite her "illegi

. "She resented your mother for being Mrs. Davis. She purposefully approached Jake, knowing about our families' potenti

ng husband and a manipulative man, hoping for a new beginning. Inste

mposure crumbling. "I truly didn't know she was so greedy. I thought.

ver the years was now tainted. It wasn't for her, not really

im right now, isn't she?"

hone and dialed Jake's number. It was answered almost immediately. The seductive,

y... I can't

owed were unmistakable. Eleanor

she screamed i

ine. "Mom, can't you be less of a spoilsport? Today is Ava and

oice cracking with grief and fury. "

, won't you? Aren't you afraid your curse will come true? Leo is my son. I know how t

hun

aking with uncontrollable sobs. "Chloe... I'm so sorry... I was wrong... I shouldn't have let hi

a yellowed, folded document. She pressed it into Chloe's

that mirrored Chloe's own. "I knew the truth would come ou

new her son was a monster, yet she allowed Chloe to live in a gilded cage of lies. Five years later, she

urse's station and signed her name-her real

me. As they wheeled Leo's small, covered body away, Chlo

ar, sobbing. "Let me give him a grand funeral,

ce cold. She wouldn't let the Hayes famil

e the ashes, then. I'll... I'll use his belongin

eedom, but she would not interfere with th

ve years. She held Leo's urn tightly against her chest. The sound of the f

a Miller's disheveled state. He looked

y," he said casually, as if she'd

see the sordid scene. She clutched the urn ti

d clearly irritated Jake. He frowned, h

a condescending edge. "Bring him back to apologize to his aunt immedi

legitimate daughter, this woman who had a hand in

to face him. She raised her ey

each word with c

is