isoned memories. The mission leak that led to the ambush – it had always been inexplicable.

d to understand the depth of

ed the security on Marcus' s encrypted personal serve

found mad

ntire photo album, meticulously curated, titled "My North Star." It contained thousands of pictures of Jessica. Candi

t to Jessica on Sarah a

your happiness with him, then this is my vow to you

ica' s favor, or perhaps, to keep her tethered to him emotionally while she was with Kevin.

ries flared up, before the pregnancy. She' d been unable to hide her agony. Marcus had been dism

always been Jessica. Her pain was

ant in this horror. The unanesthetized amniotic fluid injections, explained away as "monitoring and supplementing fetal health," were

er fists. He wanted her baby for Jessica. He was trying to make her baby resemble Kevin, Jessica's infertile