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won't

mad at you. Believe me, there isn't a single day that

art thundering so loudly I thoug

effort to look good for him. I wanted him to see t

ard to hold back my tears so my makeup wouldn'

s. She didn't wan

go

eneath me were stiff and starchy, cold like everything else in this god

s fell freely, cutting through the powder on my cheeks. "I can't die w

sat next to me, and

pulled back, keeping her arms on my shoulders. "But you have my word, Belly; I'll take care of Michelle like

king about my

time I did. I had been hurt, but she explained to me t

efore he got mated to you, Belly. I didn't want this to

was glad she actually kept the child. At least

out Annalise in my life. She effortlessly fill

erned about me. Apart from her, nobody had come to visit me in this psych facility, not even our foster parents. While everyon

to die now so I could s

me. Yet, I was so distur

couldn't die without seeing him and our daughter. And unfor

ee years ago. So, there was on

and begged him for his phone. Since he kn

e's line. Funny how I had all

ting when he picked

el

a screeching halt, as if the

ating, but this tim

Moon, I hadn't heard hi

as a small trem

imagined him pro

I added quickly when it dawn

n our bedroom, shirtless. He always hated havin

e had on the tip of his upper lip, and the tattoos c

-like

s charming as Kage Keating. I didn't think my poor heart co

Belly?" His v

orgiveness for three years. For three years, I had been on my knees even tho

nt and wouldn't

ted uncomfortably on my feet. "D-Did A

I knew my sister would never do such a thing, a part of m

than I thought possible. "I thought we had an understandi

touched my c

was going to die kn

time he was a bit warm was the first and last ti

d always wanted to do this with me. That was the happiest night of my

ally loved Michelle whe

ould see each oth

t. "It's been a long time since you as

ngs I wanted us to talk

he'd start convulsing, and over the years, my p

as mine. What they didn't know was that the secret ingredient in my formula was a drop of my blood. E

hy my blood made it work.

d the potions weekly and handed to Annalise to give t

shocked me to the bone. "Annalise h

t,