The Call That Ruined Me

mind drifted backward, seeking refug

y gave me a stable home, an education, and a love for structure and design that led me to architecture. But they passed away from natural cau

rming, intelligent, and driven. He wasn't the monster he would become. He was funny and attentive. He listened to my

troubled. I saw the signs long before the crash. The partying, the dangerous st

talk to Lia

g over dinner. "She's pushing the limits, Liam

Chloe is just living her life. She's a little

" I insisted. "It's about being s

rolling side of him, the absolute belief that he knew best for everyone, especially Chl

was immediate and brutal. Headlines screamed "DISGRACED INFLUENCER'S DRUNKEN CRASH." Chloe became

e couldn't accept that he had failed to control Chloe, that he had ignored th

hose

s a deliberate, malicious move to expose his sister and tarnish the Stone na

he had systematically destroyed my business. He l

u make it right

had tried to reason with him

crackled over the speakerphone. "You can't f

"She broke Chloe. She needs to provide a new legacy for th

n and twisted one, was a powerful lure to an orphan. So, I signed the papers. I walked into the cage, believing, foolishly, that I could s

I hadn't understood then that you can't fix a man who i