Dicker

that?" "Haley Dickerson? The Dickerson family?" The sheer audacity of Arlena's revelatio

y! You can't just walk away! You can't

ffice, her face a mask of fury and fear. Devin, pale and bewildered, was

y, I seem to recall building it alone, Karly. While you were busy b

re nothing! You always have been! A charit

rasite. You lived a lie, pretending to be someone you're not.

rds Karly, placing a hand on her arm. "This is enough. You're upset. We unders

You think this is a scene, Devin? This is just

rowing. "You don't know what you're doing. You're e

the words hang in the air, heavy with accusation. His fa

hed, her voice cracking. "How cou

y in my voice. "I know how far you'd go to protect your

in, her eyes wide and pleading. "De

e face and my resolute one. He chose Karly. He always did. "Hal

y, that's what you always told me, wasn't it? 'Haley, be sensible. Haley, be u

a future. I thought I was loved." My voice was quiet now, but the intensity in my gaze held him captive. "I was wrong. I was just conv

. "Haley, that's not f

any, then replacing me with a fake heiress? Dismissing my pleas for help while ou

hallway cut through the tension. One of th

urning on the intern. "Don't listen to

control. "Haley, you need to leave. Now. B

eeting you. And trusting you. And loving you." I reached into my bag, pulling out the small, velvet box that contained the

ered protests. He watched me, his eyes wide with a dawnin

My family. My legacy. You tried to take it all away. But you fa

ll behind him, the gold clinking loudly against the plaster before falling to the fl

my voice ringing with final

y behind. As I stepped through the double doors, a loud, ar

ation, reached my ears. "Damn it

w wound, but my mind was clearer than it had ever been. The old Haley, the kind, forgiving Hal