m was like a steel ba

is voice low and tight with an emotion

to look at him, a small,

voice as empty as I felt. "You shoul

n hair to my skull. I saw my reflection in a dark

cceed? The girl with the scholarship to an Ivy League sch

hollowed-out shell. The girl in th

y voice barely a whispe

re. He knew exactly wh

You told me to rest. A

y sign of remorse, any flicker of humanity

d haunted me for four years. "We were happy.

back. The cruel smirk returned to his face,

Chloe. I never liked you. I hated you. I hated ev

past being hurt by him. Now, I was just curious. T

I asked

me hung in the air between us, unfamil

's M

"She was a student at the university where your mother taught. She was brilliant, talented,

is eyes burning wi

struggling in her class. She begged your mother for an extension on a final paper, explained her situati

taking a

e couldn't bear the shame of failing, of letting everyone down.

He had destroyed my family, my life, my fut

parents felt. I wanted her to know what it was like to lose a child to public shame. So I went after you. Her perfect

. He knew that destroying me would

t he loved me, he was j