Broken Promises, A Vengeful Heart Returns

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e said you were so desperate, you thought trapping him with a child would work." Her laugh was a short, ugly sou

had taken the most painful, private moment

f what I' d lost, flooded back with suffocating force. Kaiden had never called, never asked if I was

had t

me snapped. The pain, the humiliation, the endless grief-it all coalesced

oice clear and steady. "G

uddenly shrieked and threw herself to the f

d, her voice filled with fa

ct that I almost laughed. I turned my back on

his voice. Cold

hell is goi

es betrayed the fact that he hadn't been home. He strode into the room, his eyes like chips of

ace in his chest. "She... she pushed me. I told

being ground into dust. I watched the scene

with a rage I could no longer contain.

icker of something almost human a few hours ago on that pier, were now filled with a

er' s loyal men, were staring, their eyes filled with a mixture of

I was left standing alone in the center of the room, the silence of my office more deafening

oked out, my throat

ors, and the rumors would become fact. My authority, my c

t stomach, where a life had so briefly flickered. I had been so foolish. I had actually thought, for a desperat

rong

st of my business partners

regret. "But the Feds are breathing down everyone' s necks. The word

dfather had built, the legacy my father had maint

amily friend, a man with deep tie

asked, my voice strained. "W

the line. "Anya," he said, his voice heav

n cold. "W

ithin the month," Frank said, his voice dropping to a whisper. "He said he'

t discarded me. He was salting the earth so no