Reborn from Betrayal: The Scientist's Reckoning

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. Ellie' s a

now. It had been her companion for month

arp, a shard of g

e was handsome, ambitious, from a new-money family eager to merge with the Vance old-money prestige.

his voice smooth, cutting

ming smile on his face. He wasn't marrying E

a child, always in Ellie's shadow. Vicky, now

e sweet, announced her major breakthrough

e thin against the sudden sho

r of something unreadable in his

had practically raised, stepped f

es weeks ago. You must be confu

ad been juggling her care,

m Vicky, from Leo... it was too much. She remem

e collapse, emotional and physical. Weeks

ne hastened by Vicky' s calculated cruelty, whisper

aivety was gone, burned away.

nvitation. Ethan an

fe before, her devotion. He was "reborn" too, in t

be celebrated for lies. He' d probably

as w

ances, building anticipation for the Gala. There was a smalle

there. Vicky

uld be t