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floor beside his bed, sunlight streami

ust stumbling through the empty house, collapsi

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slept past six. Never. Not in fi

usekeeper woke her every morning a

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d be at s

hool uniform, still hanging pr

one and called his

sympathy. "Mr. Sterling called to inform us Axel tr

ered. Transferred? In t

d the call, h

ken him. Actu

to see Ad

h the Sterling Law Group offices, ignoring th

the media frenzy last night, but gossip a

ere?" Gavin asked politely, sta

It's urgent," she rep

rs, he'd never looked at her with contempt. Never whispered when she pass

in this house, they

ously. "Um...Mr. Sterling is inside

e me. What worse could happen?" she

his head as he watch

e, Serena's voice reached her first.

ward, his eyes unusually gentle, the

. I'm glad you thought to han

n Arabella. His jaw stiffened, but he cont

nished. "She dese

Arabella, her ex

lla. You'r

bella interrupted,

expression told her it

him?" she demanded,

p, glancing between Adrian and Ar

es widened. "

voice flat as he leaned back in his chair. "On hi

w could he afford to send his child awa

That's impossible. He's only f

his pocket. "Not when that school runs an orphanage tha

and she grabbed the edge

pering, "You want him

near she could

e papers," he added,

be right," she whisp

way he could do that, right? H

e and showed her a video of Axel in a different school

long as it takes. Tell Mommy she doesn

ere wooden.

resolve s

er son was too sweet

or Adrian. Because

five-year-old that his mother's r

the abuse. Not the

e

u actually turned my son against me." Hot tears

and she grabbed the edge

s small face on the screen, trying so hard to

irth you weren't

na's bruised ankle in the same hospital. Five years

, his eyes darting eve

s away?" His fist came down on the desk. Not

ce shook with rage he could barely control. "But you had to barg

g cold and precise. "You embarrassed me. You made

ave consequences. And since you keep using my son as

rian! This is all her! Can't you see?" Her

es shifting between Arab

tears. "Arabella... how could you th

ve tried so hard to be kind to her. To unders

cut he

ulders shake, her hand clutch

ked real. The trembling vo

d seen this per

e orchestrated the whole incident," Arab

He had given it to Serena last night, but

to listen to her?" Serena aske

didn't list

a frown crept onto his fa