Betrayal's Embrace: A Wife's Vengeance

in a motorcycle accident. The doctor, his voice

geon, Dr. Kaitlin Russo, cited "complications," but I, an investigative bl

husband, Hayden Bridges, a titan of Silicon Valley, was suddenly unreachable. My sister, Ivy, disap

s. "Hayden takes very good care of me," she purred. The truth hit me like a

ideo feed of Ivy, terrified and weeping in a dark room. "She's safe," he pr

rms. Days later, Ezra was found dead in his hospital bed. In the desolate quiet of my grief, a new,

pte

ad been in a motorcycle accident. The doctor on the phone so

ke a trapped bird. They wouldn't let me see him. I was left to pace the

o. She had the face of an angel, but her smi

flat, devoid of emotion. "But the damage to his right

track star at Stanford. He had a full scholarship. His legs weren't j

, my voice trembling. "It was a simple f

ied, her gaze sliding away from mine

ngs and digging for the truth. My gut was screaming that this was wrong. I spent the next forty-eight

The amputation wasn't necessary. It was a reckless, arrogant mistake made by an overc

rt opinions I'd gathered, the damning timeline of the surgery. I

t as if it had never existed. My hosting provider sent a ters

ust a cover-up. This was power. The kind o

tan of Silicon Valley, he could move mountains with a single ph

aight to voicemail

a severe anxiety disorder and lived in a quiet apartment I rented for her, a

t was eerily empty. Her phone was on the kitchen counter next to a spilled g

was

d. This couldn't

lls until I found Kaitlin Russo in her office. She was

y sister?"

eading across her face. "I'm afraid I

ng to a low, dangerous growl. "You had

office. "You think you can touch me? You have no idea who you'

a punch to the gut.

spered, the words ca

e bought me this entire hospital wing. He bought me this bracelet. He'll

sband, the man I loved, the man who had vowed to protect me and my family, was sleeping

to my mouth as a wave of nausea wa

he lights were dim. Hayden was sitting in a chair by the

voice soft, laced with the concern I once cheris

agically familiar. For a split second, I allo

" I said, snatch

is a brilliant surgeon. She's young, and she made a mistake

hacked off my brother's leg, Hayde

ning cold. "The foundation has poured millions into

my brother? Wh

smissively. "I'll set him up for life.

face. The man I married had believed in justice. He had

my voice barely a wh

it to face me. It was a live video feed. Ivy was in a small, dark

u drop this. You will delete all your files. You will issue a public apolog

looked into my eyes, and said, "I will always prot

ory was

monster,"

his voice like steel. "And Kaitlin is mine. Now,

her small frame convulsing with sobs. I saw the ra

. My family was

e word tasting like ash

ouched his lips. "Good girl

I didn't wait for him. I ran out of that room,

't just a betrayal. This was a declaration of war. Our marriage

y family. I would