Ashes of Betrayal, A Dying Wish

ce was steadier than I expecte

the line. "Chloe, what the hell is

or. "I' ve chosen to end things on

You' re doing this to ruin things for me.

sleep, now tasted like ash. My paren

and my former best friend, at our old restaurant. His

rkling. "We finally set the date!"

he day I was s

an months before our breakup, a brutal betrayal hidden beneath his carefully c

is callous admission: "It was

an. He brought me to a hospital, still obli

their wedding, his attempt to buy my silence for a

eft me n

Bethany' s wedding gift-a game console inspired by my intelle

twist of the knife,

royed my life, would be there for its end. And I would deliver