e Garre

a message from an unknown number. I d

what you did, the text re

ng on broken glass, Caroline. For me. For our baby. To atone for the sins you committed. H

red over the

fake pity. "Or does he just love the power your name gives h

and was on his chest, right over his heart. Her diamond ring, a gaudy thing

ve already had the decorators send over

rtrait of Jacob and me on our wedding day. We looked happy. Unstoppable

e. I opened a velvet-lined drawer and pulled out a small, orna

ted eyes, the artist had even captured the faint scar abo

ease, Jacob,"

ght through his left eye. The sound of the te

, I was wait

und Karina's shoulders as if I were some kind of monster. He looked

e peeking out from the collar of her shirt. She clung t

n they saw me, standi

ned. "Caroline. What

id, my voice flat.

oice laced with exasperation. He was treating me

er voice a trembling whis

he murmured, strokin

"Just let her move in, Caroline. W

ike a shard of ice embedding itself in my heart. He wanted me to be quiet. He wanted me to

d, I turned to Arthur, who

aff remove that monstrosity from my bedroom and burn it." I ges

a step forward, blocking Arthur's path. "This is

was wrong first! You hurt her! You hurt our child! Can

hind Jacob, but her eyes were fixed on me, and they were gleaming with tr

carr

for me. And then she spoke, her voice just l

t that you lost it. That it was probably another man's child anyway. He said he arranged

orld

ine from the emergency C-section that had failed to save my son, began to b

ilt a small memorial by the lake on our property. He had

s all

th a white-hot rage that consumed everything. All th

ung

bed Karina by her blonde hair, yanking her away from Jacob

wall. Her head hit the pla

Jacob yelled, gr

to the terrified, tearful face of the woman

ld never have touched," I snarled,

ice cracking with desperation as he tried to pu