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Two Years Gone - Two Secrets Born

Chapter 5 Bargains and Ghosts

Word Count: 1114    |    Released on: 07/06/2025

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aled," he said

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ou put me in that h

e said quickly. "Not until I

arms folded tight. "That

it through an anonymous backer. I think it's one of her PI contacts. You're free, atleast for

arrowed. "What k

d. On th

id bitterly. "Sh

ng else that was wiped before the crime scene team arrived. I

quickened. "Wh

and then it cuts off. I thin

cked out of her. "So you think she was

targeted," Harris said. "And s

y Billy framed me. T

hat I'm going to help yo

d I trust you? After every

oice rough. "You disappeared. And I sear

king away. "You don't g

trying to ma

retched be

covered in bruises. She didn't say much, but she kept mentioning someone rich and dan

tell anyo

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ied her. "I

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her since the second line ap

in the eyes. "D

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with this face which

ed. "Then yes

ng. She hadn't seen the place since she had left two years ago. The bricks were more worn, th

y here?" Ruby asked. "You

e again," Monique said. "Even if

ys. "I had someone clean the pl

o her. "Who paid

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's va

for everyon

the passenger seat where Cherry dozed pe

y said softly. "Are you g

ready. Whe

place smelled like lemon polish and lavender. Ruby had done

beyond that glass was a man who had set her up for murder, and a system

e are watching," Moniqu

last days. I've also reached out to Ava's roommate

I see

now, stay inside. No press, no calls.

," Monique said

e him, Mo. But he might be useful. And he'

ng her temples. "One

, nestled in a corner of the sparse living room, Monique pou

in. But this time, s

carried across two years, two countries, countless citi

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art st

quietly peeking th

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the door

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1 Chapter 1 Homecoming2 Chapter 2 The Knock and The Handcuff3 Chapter 3 Shifting Ground4 Chapter 4 The Weight of Silence5 Chapter 5 Bargains and Ghosts6 Chapter 6 Smoke Behind the Curtain7 Chapter 7 Beneath the Surface8 Chapter 8 Threads of Deception9 Chapter 9 Echoes of Her Voice10 Chapter 10 The Fifth Mother11 Chapter 11 The Sound of the Missing12 Chapter 12 The Orchard Gate13 Chapter 13 The Name They Couldn't Erase14 Chapter 14 The Proxy15 Chapter 15 Threads of the Past16 Chapter 16 The Man in the Shadows17 Chapter 17 The Six-Day Clock18 Chapter 18 Beneath the Garden19 Chapter 19 Into the Quiet Night20 Chapter 20 The Men Behind the Curtain21 Chapter 21 Shadows Between Us22 Chapter 22 Fractured Echoes23 Chapter 23 The Visitor at Dusk24 Chapter 24 A Hand on the Wall25 Chapter 25 The Clock Is Ticking26 Chapter 26 Past Due27 Chapter 27 Fragments of the Past28 Chapter 28 The Edge of the Truth29 Chapter 29 The Hidden Hallways30 Chapter 30 Shadows of the Nursery31 Chapter 31 The Stand32 Chapter 32 The People vs. Monique Taylor33 Chapter 33 Cracks Beneath the Verdict34 Chapter 34 Quiet Turns to Trust35 Chapter 35 Shifting Grounds36 Chapter 36 Threads of Truth37 Chapter 37 A Shift in the Wind38 Chapter 38 The Cracks in the Appeal39 Chapter 39 Beneath the Weight of Truth40 Chapter 40 The Walls Have Ears41 Chapter 41 The Safehouse42 Chapter 42 The Second Witness43 Chapter 43 The Truth44 Chapter 44 The Fallout45 Chapter 45 Shadows Bite Back46 Chapter 46 Tides Closing In47 Chapter 47 The Snare Tightens48 Chapter 48 The Watchers