An Atonement of Love

up,

s sharp, laced

old stone of the balcony, not

't over. Peop

the pain in her leg a r

Liam, it re

grabbing her arm and

. I'm not falling for any

rway of the balcony, a pi

ing alright? Oh,

rward, kneeli

comfort, felt like i

Liam said, his voic

loe cooed, her eyes, hidden from L

, pretending to care about yo

tion was a

s false face to Liam's

lieve

every pois

Ava whispered, pushi

's mind, a ghost from a past he no

another nigh

erling, had come home late

he company accounts, a small one, but it

t wouldn't do this," Richard

friends for

d idealistic,

worry in his

e and more withdrawn as the evidence mounted, as the man he

tion had been a qui

, and Robert Hayes had simply l

l had shatt

vate, and the stress, the public shame whe

r his desk a week later, h

but the coroner ruled it a heart

, it wa

an like Robert Hayes would stop at nothing to cover his tra

pted by Chloe's lies,

on the floor, and he didn

father's killer, a manipu

," Liam said to Chloe, h

ansfer for her fat

hrough Ava's pa

o

ould

ried, trying to pull hers

ng away, Chloe following

loe shot Ava a fina

suddenly sharpened t

kness washed o

d looking down, she saw a small, dark stain

oo

s ble

an to fade, a man in a waiter

weren't those

harp and co

said, his voice

awyer. Your father's old friend.

, his movements gent

et you to a h

agile thing, fli

rie

er had a

t complet

ala discreetly, taking her

was grim as he loo

s aggressive, Miss H

e. That's the source of the bleeding. W

ite room, a wave of fal

was

was p

have to bel

cords, the doct

d see t

e how cruel

ld com

a copy of the new, upda

osis from a re

table

ng with a mixture of fear an

, her phone s

tion from

embled as sh

ed with a high-

ng in front of a throng of

ith tears, her expressi

inging to

t share some personal news," Chloe s

stress of this tragedy, I.

orters

as fl

expecting," she sobbed, bury

ce a mask of shock and a

uel manipulations... it was too much. She has taken everyt

orld

creen, the words no

ba

scar

as a

to be

her completely, to paint her as a villain so e

ne buzz

t fro

ster. I hope y

nside her was extinguished, plunged

her numb fingers and