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Chapter 26: The Reckoning
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The hospital became eerily quiet after Charles stormed out, his footsteps echoing in the corridor as the door swung shut behind him. Nicole stood frozen, her emotions a tangled mess. Though her exterior remained calm, the storm within her raged. Bella avoided her gaze, her expression a mix of guilt and uncertainty. Leo, however, stood steady, his protective instincts evident in the way his fists clenched and his jaw tightened.From the hospital bed, the grandmother stirred weakly. Her voice, although no more than a whisper, held a strong appeal therein. "Stay together… family is everything," she murmured, her pale face creased with exhaustion.Leaning closer, Leo and Bella reached instinctively for her hands. Nicole hung back, a pace or so away from them, and watched the family to which she had never intended to belong.Teetering between feelings of awkwardness and connectedness, held together by some unseen tie.…………………………………………………………………………………….Back at the mansion, the drive home
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Taylor woke up early, his mind buzzing with thoughts as he prepared for his first day back at the office since the recent upheavals in his life. The globe of contracts, business, and schedules appeared as a preferable way of escaping the turmoil of his own life. The man was well groomed, wearing a well-fitted navy-blue suit, tuxedo, and stepped out of his penthouse with a purpose in his eyes; his black sports car purred to life as he headed towards the cityscape.In his small office the usual sounds of business filled the air: the clattering of keys on the typewriters, telephone ringing, and low voices of his subordinates. Taylor let out a deep breath and his shoulders dropped down a notch. Emily, a businesslike lady in her early thirties who has been his assistant recently, good at making schedules for him, knocked on his door and came in.“Good morning, Mr. Fury,” Emily said, waving a tablet in her hand. “As per today’s plan, at four o’clock, you have a meeting with Griffins Ind
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Back in her office, Nicole sat at her desk, her hands clenched into fists as waves of anger coursed through her veins. Seeing Taylor again had ripped open old wounds she had thought were so well-healed. It all just came back and dragged her into the deepest corners of her mind.Her breathing grew heavier at the memory of her past-those moments when she was still pregnant, full of hope and anticipation for a life that was growing inside of her.She had been so ready to be a mother, to hold her child in her arms and shower it with all the love she'd never received. But he and his cruel, manipulative mother had taken it all away.They had stolen her child, her chance at motherhood. That day was etched in her memory like a scar that refused to fade.The humiliation, the pain, the grief-they all burned inside of her, feeding her resolve. She would never forgive Taylor or his mother. Not in this lifetime. One day, they would crawl to her on their hands and knees and beg for her forgivene
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