His Other Family, My Shattered Life

le I was sleeping. I woke up to the sound of shattering glass. I barely

the ten blocks to the Clark family ho

llably. I was going to call out for Mrs. Clark, but I heard voices fr

oice tight with a stress

ow long will you keep this up? T

my lungs. It felt like the floo

e voice I thought I'd neve

is the one who's fragile. She's pregnant. She c

and was

. He was living in this house, under his brother's

had watched me get attacked. He h

calm and reasonable, as if h

le, I can go back to Gabby. It'll all wo

creaming. The man I loved, the hero I was mourning, had orchestrated my entire

ck and betrayal. I stumbled out of the house and in