The Donor Took My Life

ower, letting the cold water shock my syst

away the image of them in the hospital, or the

towel around myself, and

nd out everything you can

d partnered with during my post-grad research at Sta

text back.

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I asked, my h

ed in a small county courthouse. He used a power of attorney you signed before yo

to my ear. I clutched my stomach as a wave of

er into a horrifying symphony of grief. A joke. My entire life was

alk to me," Jasper's vo

. "Jasper? That offer you made a wh

al?" He sounded shoc

lm settling over me. "I'm s

. This city, this life, it wasn't

ers, my financial advisors. I started the process of moving my asset

ith hollow declarations of love and concern. I knew they were spe

state. The air was thick with the scent of lavender, too strong, cloying. I could he

It was Cohen's voice

This incense is powerful. It'll keep her

is grasp. He expertly pressed my thumb on

tion in his voice. "Once this statement goes pub

moment she comes back, these stories start spreading

yle. If she wanted revenge, she'd burn my company to the ground. She w

ed, turning har

if I find out that Ariel, or anyone else, is try

he man I loved threaten me to protect the woman who had stolen my

ore. It had been pulverized into du