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Everything in me screams not to open the new message, yet I know it’s inevitable. Unwillingly, I became the participant in his twisted game, and now I have to follow the rules to catch him.
I press on it.
You’ll find another clue at the Price mansion.
I cover the sob ready to emerge from my throat, and close my eyes because I have no choice.
I’ll do what he says.
Attend the birthday and pray Octavius doesn’t see me.
Because his rejection among those he belongs would hurt more than the anguish spreading in my soul right now.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
“Be careful what you wish for.
Because fate may grant it to you.
And then…
Then you’ll be paying for it for the rest of your life.”
Isla
From Isla’s mother's diaries…
Today is the wedding, and the place couldn’t be more magical or beautiful…along with the bride and groom who gaze at each other with so much love.
They make me think about John and me all those years ago, how I fell in love with him and thought I had found my prince.
When in truth…
After we arrived yesterday, I found Meghan, told her everything, and provided her with all the evidence.
She was horrified. Shocked. Disgusted.
And understanding.
She assured me they would put him behind bars and find any other victims after the wedding.
Something inside me calmed after that.
Meghan warned me all this would be public knowledge. Everyone will be investigated, and I have to be ready for the social scrutiny and endless questions.
How could you not know? How could you live with him? Why did you stay?
How could you have taken someone else’s baby?
She has a few lawyer names ready for me so they can hopefully keep me away from jail since we did kidnap a child.
She promised me that for my cooperation and everything else, nothing will happen to me, but I don’t care about any of this.
I only care about my daughter, who will discover what her parents had done.
And I beg.
I beg for everything that’s holy that she will find it in her heart to forgive me.
