Revenge Wears Many Faces: Hers, Mine

ce, hot and silent. I cou

oped me up into his arms as if I were a cherished, fainting lover. "She

the car. The drive was silent. I stared out the windo

we drove to a sprawling, modern villa perched on a cl

d set me down in the gr

home," I said,

oosening his tie. "The old place is so

I choked out.

second. "He's stable. The best doctors are lo

was too exhausted

t like a brand. "I was a bastard back there. It was for show. For the media, for the investors. T

e script, the same empty words. My heart felt like a shriveled, dead thing in my che

me, Case?" I asked, my

g you want. Once we're marrie

ed. "And when

a soothing balm of pure p

rom his phone stopped him. He pulled it out,

said, standing up abruptly. "I

oom, leaving his table

s unl

en. The conversation was between him and Blair. My eyes s

her face? Pricele

er than she looks.

situation handled? The d

draw any 'aggressive' life-saving measures. A little medical neglect goes a

one playing with your little jail

s have been

. It wasn't just betrayal. It was

til I found the room he'd prepared for me. It was a perfect replica of my o

ture of me and Case, taken on our first annive

the frame and smashed it aga

snapped my digital art styluses, the tools of my trade, the very thing Blair had envied me f

d there, his face thunderous.

my chest heaving. "Get

you i

g over me. "The prison doctors said the ca

.. something. It wasn't concern. It was annoy

me into his arms.

away. "Don'

r ID, then back at me, his jaw tight with irr

, and walked out, closi

It was a live feed from a red-carpet event. And there was Case, smiling for the cameras, with Blair Kelley

hide it. I was just a ghos