Entwined by Secrets

shattered the silence in the room. "The tes

ionette yanked by invisible

in. He pointed to a dark spot near the frontal lobe. "There's a

the words stuck in my throat as though speakin

a tumor in your brain." His words were sl

inking, but the words felt alien, as if they w

it in time, but we need to act

ady shattering world. I went blank as my thou

with a trembling voice barely

te uncertain, a couple of months I s

All I could hear was the sound of my life crumbling, like fragile glasses shattering into

behold was the image of

ending on me. And now everything is at risk

door. The doctor kept calling out to me but I wouldn't turn back, everything inside me was unrave

tor today. Thinking about it made it so real again, I was deeply lost in thoughts when su

G!

there, open the damn door!" A ma

and I felt the ground beneath me shaking. My heart

le as I took a firm grip of Amelia

d, I could see it

n?" Amelia was so scar

art, it's going to be okay." It was a lie, bu

obvious that the door would

u think you can hide from us fo

nk! You need to

small apartment tryi

back

nding heavily in my chest, I yanked the ba

, don't lo

rash came from inside the apartment, the fro

! G

e another step furt

He crossed his arm over his chest,

way through the back? Sma

k, there was

more time. I-I'll get

't wait around for people. He gave you e

edly. "I'll figure something

of that a long time ago

y grip on her, shielding her from the horror unfold

a shame if somethi

just don't touch her!"

widened. "Anything, huh? Well, it jus

eat. "What...what ki

n his way. Someone is looking for a...let's say, partner. So

f partner, a business partner or w

neered at me. "Just know this, you agree to me

mean to meet

as trembling. I don't trust t

find out soon enough. You meet him tomorrow. Until then..." He

ideas about running

to the shadows. I just stood there wit

her voice small and trembl

y arms, fighting back tears. "No

cutie, you don

elia to sleep.The man left an envelope at the

letter. The name written at the top o

s Bl

covers, and echoed in boardrooms. A billionair

your debt wi

ionaire? His money for my hand in marriage. N

me from my thoughts. It

a little, th

. "Miss Turner, I assume y

ned, it's Mr

nt dry. "Ye

t you underst

derstand any o

't waste time. And neither should you. If you want to keep your daughter

cold. He knows a

want from m

fulfill an obligation. It's a simple bus

n't even know you." My vo

oke? How do I marry someone

istake, Miss Turner. This is your only possible way ou

ions, I just couldn't belie

ffered a lifeline

a dream; someone