rn. I felt a violent wave of nausea,

ediately shifting to me. He fussed over me, his face a m

s voice like ice. "I told you

d woman. "I was just worried," she whispered, her voice choked with fake e

s attention was elsewhere. I saw him glanc

ank into a

my voice hard. "I

, quickly recovering. He kissed my forehead.

out of bed. The pain from the procedure was a

on the polished floor. I found them in a sec

nd stroking her back in a

ing murmur meant only for her. "I'm not going to let Hailey

n sniffled, looking up at him

"I had the doctor swap her eggs with yours. We're going to have a da

All I could hear was

my body to give her a child. The depravity of it was stagge

aced by a radiant smile. "Oh, Kameron! Y

into his pocket and pulled out a jade bracelet. It was a family heirloom, p

e had placed on my wr

ide with delight. "Isn't this the Stephen

A very good one, but a fake nonetheless. I had it made years ago. My m

mother adores you, you know. Just be discreet for a

r arms around his neck

o ice. My hand went to my own wrist, to the cold

ed in my mind. "With this bracelet, I thee w

All

A fool adorned in fake

hing, a crushing weight in my chest. I ripped the bracelet from my wri

vision blurred with tears, until I reache

stone of her grave, my

. "I was so wrong. I should have liste

pearing into the cold, unfeeling surf

worth yo

s behind me. I spun around, my

oak tree. He was handsome, with sharp, in

ameron's biggest

expression unreadable. H

I've been watching you for a while. It seems we have

face. My tears had stopped. A cold, h

e turning to ice. I too

teady. "I want to disappear. I want to die, and I want

long moment, a flicker of somet

nodded.