His Twisted Lies, Her Cold Resolve

ctor. I stood there, trapped between the two guards, my mind a blank slate of shock. Ashley stood with h

he a

red suit that I knew my family's money had paid for. He projected an aura of power

. He kissed Ashley's forehead and ruffled the boy's hair. It was a picture-perfe

calming voice. "I'm here now.

s eyes f

. He recognized me. He knew exactly who I was and what my presence here meant. But ju

d over me, the kind that comes when the worst thing

lat. I let the silence stretch,

," I said, m

, almost im

rk, honey, this is he

he said, his voice full of false compassion. "I think there's been a terrible

, so audacious, it alm

bitter laugh escaping my lips. "We've

only one that mattered. "Where is

voice dropping to a low, threatening tone that onl

ving some sort of psychotic break. She's been stalking me for months, ever since

it me completely. The crowd murmured, their sympathy now firmly with thi

ion, the sight of him with that woman and that child-it

d, and slapped Mark across the face. The crack of

"After everything? How dar

bbed my arms and shoved me backward, hard. I stumbled, my back hi

ed by raw fury. "She's violent. She needs to be removed." He turned

to pay his way o

ag me out of the room for good. As they pulled me past him, Mark leaned in clo

alk away now and keep your mouth shut, and maybe I'll let you see Finn again. You say one more word, you t

anymore. He was holding our son, my son, hostage. My entire world shrank to that one, terrifying thr