Heartbreak and a Hollowed Home

she been so stupid? How had she missed all the signs? The late nights he' d claimed were fo

d to. She had wanted the dream he sold her. The p

oughts. Mark strode into the apartment, his fac

h?" he demanded. "You made me look

m, her eyes dry. "You

continued, pacing the small room. "You're obsessed with money. That's al

worked herself to the bone. She had begged him for a fract

was gone, replaced by a chilling clarity. "

er of shock in his eyes. Then, his expression

anila envelope, and tossed it on the floor in front o

ago. He had been planning this all along. He had

on the dotted line. Her hand didn't even tremble. It was ju

ket pocket and pulled out a checkbook. He scribbled a number, to

condescension. "A little something to get

enough to have paid for Liam's surgery. Ten times over. He' d had

phone calls from the hospital. His cold

it into her pocket. She would use it. But not for he

t later, Jessica White waltzed in as if she owned the place. She was wear

ace. "God, this place is depressing," she said, her gaze land

ver his arm. "Mark, honey, why is she

t' s a good thing you won't have that sick kid draining his bank account

and cruel, broke through Sarah's grief-num

hed herself up from the floor, her only thought

ard, sending her stumbling backward. He s

You're acting insane!" he yell

dead child. The love she once felt had curdled into pure, unadulterated hatred. S