th, my CEO ex-husband, Ethan Haye
he lawsuit claimed the kidney I had donated to his new fiancée, Olivia Re
his assistant. "I don'
and announced he was transferring twenty percent of his company shares to Olivia. The news was
Because I
grew into a cold fury. He drove to my childhood ho
, the sound echoing in
bright and full of life, was now etched with a per
nt?" she asked,
er into the small living room. "Tell Ava to sto
e were insane. "Ava is dea
trick. That' s all this is. Another on
last time he' d seen me, the day I' d apparently tried to assault his precious Oli
ripping with false magnanimity. "Tell her I' m willing to for
ts. "She is dead, you monster!
ye. Buster, my old dog, limped out from the kitch
neer on his face. "There' s the do
ury Ethan himself had inflicted years ago. As he got closer to Ethan, the dog started to tremble, a l
tell him I was here. But my fingers passed right through his fur. He couldn' t feel me. He could only s
gain, as it did every da
animal." He turned his glare back to Chloe. "I heard she was che
pain, but an agony of the spirit. After everything, this is what he
eared in the doorway, his face dark
she sobbed. "He t
gave our family... that wasn' t charity. That was part
ne kidney. It was a secret I had kept my whole life, a vulnerability Olivia had discovered and used against me
ey hadn' t given me enough anesthesia. I felt the scalpel, a searing line of fire across my skin. I felt them remove my only kidney, a brutal,
eaded, her voice cracking. "Look for
lled the hospital. They said she was discharged a week
e had believed the lies Olivia paid them to tell. He
g step forward. "G