Chapter 9
Damien wasn’t having it. “No! I don’t agree! You can’t do this!”
I didn’t even look at him. My voice came out flat, empty.
“Don’t care. It’s happening anyway.”
They hauled both Damien and Sophie off for questioning.
While I was stuck in the hospital, Emilia and Ethan took shifts sitting with me. Like they were afraid if they left me alone for five minutes, I’d fall apart.
Wasn’t until I got discharged that they finally asked if I wanted to go home and see Mom and Dad.
They’d been asking about me nonstop.
I went quiet.
How do I even explain this?
I’m grateful. To Emilia. To Ethan. To my parents.
Because we’re not blood.
Not even a little.
My bio dad was human garbage. Tricked my mom into having me, then beat her until she couldn’t take it anymore. She killed herself.
After that, I became his personal punching bag.
Then he used his stupid pretty face to con some well-off woman into marrying him. That was my stepmom.
Emilia’s her daughter from her first marriage.
At first, dear old Dad played nice. Had to keep the meal ticket happy.
For a while, I actually got to live like a normal kid.
Then one night he got drunk and hit her.
My stepmom wasn’t the type to put up with that shit. She had money. She had a spine.
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She kicked him to the curb.
I figured that was it. My good luck just ran out.
But she took me with her.
Later on, she remarried. Her new husband had a son-Ethan.
I was so grateful. But I also knew my situation was… awkward.
So the second I graduated and got a job, I moved out. Didn’t want to be a burden.
I didn’t want to keep taking help from Emilia and Ethan either. They’d already done so much.
But they got mad at me. Said they wanted me to have a good life.
Blood or no blood-we’re family. Period.
That’s why Damien landed that cushy job. That’s why Emilia reserved the most expensive maternity suite for me.
Who knew that would be the thing that finally ripped his mask off?
I married Damien because he wasn’t always like this.
At the start, he was sweet. Thoughtful. Treated me like I mattered.
He changed after Sophie’s name started coming up all the time.
I sat there thinking for a long time.
Then I nodded. “Yeah. Let’s go home.”
Mom and Dad have been nothing but good to me.
I couldn’t just shut them out. That’d break their hearts.
But I also didn’t want them worrying themselves sick, so I made Emilia and Ethan swear not to tell them what
happened.
When I walked through the door, Mom and Dad practically tackled me.
“You’ve lost weight,” Mom said, holding my face in her hands.
All the pain I’d been shoving down came flooding out at once.
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I hugged them both and just… broke.
They didn’t ask what happened. Just held me and said, “You’re home now. It’s okay. You’re safe.”
Damien and Sophie both got sentenced.
Neither one walked away clean.
Damien got six years. Sophie got four.
And every piece of jewelry he stole? Recovered.
All of it.
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