The Hidden Camera Captured Everything

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ntion, as always, snapped to her, the damsel in distress. The phone line crackled with his hurried murm

oice in the background, a man's, asking, "S

ng one to Britni's room. Aurelia's just being dramatic. She'll get over it. She al

oth everything over. He thought I was still

deo popped up. Britni, in a hospital bed, looking pale but angelic. Chandler was gently

, Mr. Roberson's former partner, pushed you down

nd I think... I think she just got a bit carried away." She dabbed at her eyes with a tissue. "It was just a misunderstanding. I'm sur

ally. "It's truly admirable, Mr. Roberson's d

wrist. A familiar design. My throat tightened. It was the bracelet Chandler had designed for me, a custom piece, fo

ritni," the reporter gushed. "I

l. He designed it himself. He said it reminded him of me." She l

"THAT LYING, MANIPULATIVE-" She swore, a stream of colorful expletives. "She's wearing yo

d. "Sarah? Wh

ustom-designed bracelet, just like the one Britni's flaunting! He thinks he can buy you off with matc

ice eerily calm. "It's not worth

dy to counter-attack! We have facts, Au

n their victory. Let them think they've won. And then, when th

re about th

er been m

e chimed. A new tw

ers cling to the past. The house is mine,

an of the deed. In

s bought for us. He'd put it solely in his name, a "practicality" he'd called it, when we were you

tant buzz. "Aurelia? Are you okay? He's imp

remember the Nest security camera I installed in the ent

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vage satisfaction bloomed in my chest. "It caught everything last

hen let out a low whistle. "You'

ot yet. Let them bury themselves deeper. Let them think they've won. And t

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er been m

zzed with a

s. Are you okay?

hateful tweet. No. Not yet. I didn't want to drag Gene into this

ene. Thanks for chec

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