Damien 3 expression was grin the wars starting to suspect one very chilling possibility….. ||
These weren’t separate incidents ||
They were connected||
And someone had just declared war
Damien clenched his back teeth, his voice like an arctic wind||
Tig three feet into the ground if you have to… I want her found
“Yes, airt“||
Nice bolled from the office like his life depended on it. Honestly, he’d rather face a firing squad than linger at
another second in that storm cloud of a room.||
Tut before he could even finish relaying Damien’s orders, his phone buzzed again.||
“Boys” the voice on the other end said, “your wife is back. She’s at the gates of Dreamland Hall asking to see you. Says she wants a divorce.
Dreamland Hall that was the place Damirm bought years ago for his wife, the mansion meant to be their marital home
Nico froze for a second. “You’re sure it’s her?”
No one would dare lie to your boss like
oss like that. It’s def
11 definitely her.“||
With that. Men had no choice. He braced himself and headed back into the lion’s dep ||
“Sir, your wife’s returned. She’s waiting for you at
Damien looked up. “What“]
Your wife. Legally, I mean. The one you married on paper.”
Damien took a moment to remember that, yes, technically, he was still married. He’d never even met the woman in person
“What does she want“]
“She’s asking for a divorce.“||
Damien’s eyer narrowed. The so–called unfaithful woman who’d vanished for six years and now she suddenly wanted out?
He wasn’t fond of her, true. But if they divorced now, how would he explain it to Nancy? He needed the marriage as a shield.
“Tell her in on a business trip. I’m not available to divorce right now. She’ll have to wait indefinitely.
If she were a decent woman, he might’ve felt guilty. But she wasn’t. Using her to fend off Nancy didn’t weigh on his conscience one bit.]]
Saco, who had worked under Damien for years, wasn’t surprised in the slightest. “She may not believe a verbal excuse. should 1 set up a video call so you can tell
her direct
No need.”
d.” Damien’s voice was cold. “She’s irrelevant.||
What he didn’t realize was that the “irrelevant wife he refused to see was the very womshhe’d ordered his people to dig out from the ends of the earth ||
Our more thing” Damien added sharply. “Stop calling her my wife, I only have one. And no one else is worthy of that title
viro nodded solemnly. He knew exactly who Damien meant… Rick’s mother
deanwhile, Willow stood stunned at the gates of Dreamland Hall |
What did he mean… he was away indefinitely?
I she could get the divorce, she could leave the city. Couldst register the kids. Coulayeven get them into school
the called him several times but got no response–Finally, shoulders heavy with disappointment, she walked away from the estate
Now what? Her savings were running low, she couldn’t job–hunt without knowing when she leave ||
Ang) then there was that mars.
one who looked uncannily like Brad and Mac, The one demanding fifty million-||
nerves
the pressure closed in from all sides. Her brait pounded. She walked aimlessly until she found shade under a large tree and sat down, trying to calm her ne sqfore going home in the boys
But just then…….[
4 child, maybe four or five, suddenly darted out across a busy street, right into traffic ||
The air filled with the sound of screeching tres, blaring horns, curses and screams.||
A man his father, probably rushed after him, Int the child thrashed violently, fighting him off like a feral animal ||
- m. At the people nearby. Then, without warning, he began panching a parked car, hard||
He screamed at the man. At
Next, he turned on himself… hitting his own face, scratching, slapping, sobbing[]
When his father tried to hold him again, the boy bit and kicked, letting out guttural cries that made people around Disch
Willme sprang to her feet. She could tell something was seriously wrong.||
By the time she reached them, the child had broken free. His father, red faced and enraged, raised his hand as if to strike.||
Willow stepped between them, vosce firm but gende. Please, calm down. Don’t bit him.“||
She looked at the boy and slowly crouched down, lowering herself to his eye level. Stretching out her arms, Willow spoke with a soft, gentle tone,
“Don’t be scared, sweetheart. Come here, Let me hold you protect you.
the child eyed her warily, his small body tense like a startled animal ready to bolt
Willow kept her smile calm and warm. “I won’t hurt you, I promise. It’s okay… come on over.
He stared at her for a few seconds then suddenly bent down, picked up a rock from the ground, and hurled it straight at her
She didn’t dodge Cast enough. The ruck hit her square in the forehead, and the sharp pais made her suck in a breath through clenched teeth.
His mother gasped gallt flooding her expression. Tears welled up she rushed forward
I’m so sorry, miss… he he has hipolar disorder. He’s having an episode. We don’t know what to do anymore.”
Willow wiped at the corner of her eye and shook her head, wincing but raim]]
“It’s okay, I understand. What’s his name?]
“Watson Blake, we call him willy
Willow nodded gently. You startled him, Step back, both of you. Let me try talking to him alone.”
Mr. and Mrs. Blake stood there, stunned by her calmness in the face of chaos. But in the end, they moved aside.[]
They had other choice. Nothing else had worked
