LauraThe cell phone fell out of my hand as I was shaking in shock. My eyes shot up after I took in the information Jason gave me. What? Was Graham in cahoots with Kendall all this time? That was an option I had always balked at because it seemed too ridiculous to be true. I meant, it was true that
LauraJason drove the car at high speed, taking the detours that wouldn't be congested at this time of the morning. He weaved through the alleys and winding streets of Manhattan, finding better ways to reach Graham's car. “He’s about five minutes away from us, driving onto Broadway Road right now!”
“Get Annie in the car now, Laura,” Jason ordered, going over to where Graham was; my brother was there in the car, still disoriented by the accident. Jason grabbed him by the collar and pulled him out of the car, throwing Graham onto the hood and starting to punch him furiously. I covered Annie so
LauraI caressed and kissed the top of my daughter's head in an attempt to calm her down. As soon as we arrived at the medical center, the doctors quickly took her for a check-up. Jason and I were in that room, answering the questions they gave us and not moving away from our daughter to avoid makin
"Just agree to let her live with me," he insisted."And do you think she'll be happy living far away from me?""What are you talking about? My daughter adores me," he justified."That's not true! You're the one who wants to buy her love with expensive gifts," I replied.At that moment, my cell phone
JasonI saw Laura leaving the room where our daughter was resting and heading towards the place where Suzy was hospitalized. I was perplexed after learning that she and Suzy were sisters. Likewise, I meant I could see some physical similarities in them, but Laura had a common face, not far from the
“And since when are adopted children, not real children, Mr. Davies?”“As long as they don't have your blood running through their veins,” I explained, as if explaining it to a damn baby. He laughed at me. “Anyway, everyone has their own designs of happiness. Meanwhile, I continue to love my darlin
AvaI was at my house playing with my little daughter when Terrence called me with the terrible news. I was at extreme peace without any major worries, just living my life and enjoying it as I always dreamed of, with my little girl in my arms and another on the way, but then Terrence's call had to t
“Why do you keep hanging out with them, Abby?” he asked, and now there was a note of concern that annoyed me even more. “You know Madison’s not good for you. She uses you, and you let her.” “It’s none of your business,” I shot back, my voice sharp. “I do what I want, Caleb. Bye.” I hung up before h
Abby POV It was a lazy Sunday, and I was at the mall’s food court, waiting at the counter to pick up snacks for myself and the “new friends” I’d managed to latch onto. The smell of grease and cheap coffee filled the air, and the hum of conversations mixed with the muffled pop music from the speaker
Caleb, Abby, Madison, Nadia—they all spun through my head like a broken carousel. I wanted to tell my parents everything, collapse and ask for help, but the thought of seeing disappointment in their eyes—or worse, them trying to intervene at Oxwell to “save” me—made me swallow the words. I had to fi
Annie POV It was the weekend, and I was at home, trying to take deep breaths and pretend everything was okay. The Oxwell campus was a few hours away, giving me temporary relief from the chaos my life had become. Here, with my parents and the twins, I could at least try to be the old Annie—the exc
Max POV Walking beside someone who’d once meant so much to me felt strange. I couldn’t stop thinking that our breakup had been a waste, couldn’t stop remembering how happy I’d been with this guy, only to ruin it all because of my ego, because of a toxic fixation I had on Albert. Conrad Adams walke
Max POV was stunned when Albert told me that, my mouth even went dry because I wasn’t expecting to hear it. Conrad Adams was back. He was my boyfriend in my early twenties. I met him through Albert, who was close friends with him during the dark days of his family’s company. Conrad was a good guy
Max POV I was driving through the city with the radio on low, just a background murmur to keep the silence from swallowing me whole, when my phone buzzed on the dashboard. Zoey. Of course it was her. The girl had already wormed her way into my house like a high-heeled parasite, and now, apparently,
Annie POV After the moment at the mall, I returned to the dorm with a tight chest, carrying the bags with the blue dress Summer had insisted I buy. The plan was to distract myself, but Madison’s words—“racist,” “canceled piece of trash”—spun in my head like a broken record, mingling with Nadia’s re
When I met her last week at a council meeting, I could tell she’d be a challenge—confident, charismatic, the type who knew how to play the game. “Ugh, Madison Goodwin is here too. What a rotten day,” I grumbled, rolling my eyes. Of course Abby would get close to Madison—she was her adopted cousin.