The Price of a False Hero

njuries, reverse sicknesses that doctors had given u

had healed Bree Vanderbilt, a beautiful

maginable wealth, even marriage into their powerful New York

ith her boyfriend, Chad Kensi

r, she didn' t want E

ly, deep in the Amazon, searching

grief for Chad, had then force

hat Chad was alrea

le attempt, had died right there, unmourned

real story of Chad emerge, no he

y woman he was having an affair with, a woman he turned to when he realized

ing, for a woman who mo

le scent of his family' s hidd

nderbilt was scheduled to bring her para

g, the betrayal, the pa

Vanderbilt entered, regal and

tiful, sullen, her l

ice tight with hope, "Mr. Mill

lat, devoid of the warmth he'

N

erfectly sculpted eyebrows arc

you just

was sharp,

nto Bree' s eyes, his o

permanently damaged, there is nothing

ds like a judge pass

d, a harsh,

even know who we are? My mo

composure cracking. "Mr. Mille

a short, hum

Mrs. Vanderbilt, some things

f Bree's obsession, o

bbed a nearby porcelain vase, a priceless

ning crash, shards flying

You will heal

hter' s side, trying to ca

, I apologize for my daughter's ou

sive hand, his eyes

brat who can' t accept reality?

eave, his deci

cking with desperation. "Please, I beg you, reconsid

t the door, no

e sordid affair, the murder, the lies Bree had sw

nothing I can do for her, my previous life' s debt to your

ce, and it had kill

r face flushed. "You' re just incompetent! Chad will find a

down her face. "Bree, please, Chad... w

her. "He will, Mother,

delusion and fury, then he walked out of the room,

llway, a woman rushed towards h

of the Chen family, a rival

s before him, her vo

p my daughter, Sarah, she' s in a co

me accident that had paralyzed Bree. In his

The trauma of his past life, the exhaustion of his rebi

p anyone right now." He needed to protect himself,