When My Savior Became My Destroyer

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her, his face co

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pushed herself up. Ev

tinued, as if nothing had happened. "Chloe is my g

ike a trai

propriate. Something for Ch

ex, mournful melody by Paganin

hed out and vulnerable under the harsh lights of the gala. It was several seasons ol

g affair, held at the Me

ll there, dripping in jew

one, as Julian

her pale dress, her violin

s started i

Miller? What's

ce dumped her for tha

s awful.

emembered a time when Julian would have dest

licly humiliated a society columnist who' d

e source of he

oe made their

the (repaired) Vance diamond necklace sparkling

ve, possessive, hi

past Ava wit

was scheduled

ll, isolated table nea

thing. Dra

ust w

e, she walked ont

her. She could feel hu

able, Chloe whispering something in Ju

sed her

t play th

piece she had compos

row, with loss, with a

er lost baby. A son

owed, raw an

, pouring all her p

ed, there was a

ered, hesit

. He looked uncomforta

pression. Gone as qu

stoo

ing through the suddenly quiet hall

the stage, Julian

u think?" Chloe said, addressing the a

athy, are we, Ava?

aid n

ing, I don't like this music. It's bringing do

hallenging him,

watched, f

loe to Ava, a muscle

He always indulged

tight. "Play something els

ered he

t the man who had syste

ere was nothing left to salvag

esc