“Lela, stop the car now!” My voice was a strained croak; my throat felt parched and raw. A tangled ache

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“There’s really no need for you to worry about anything,” Lela said as she placed a hot cup of spiced

Continue readingBetrayal Part 2 – Chapter 8, The Newspaper Article

Still sprawled on the driveway with my arms wrapped around Bella, I buried my head into her thick, warm, black

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I finished every last, delicious crumb of the breakfast Lela had prepared for me. I watched her leave the kitchen,

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Betrayal Chapter 31 I didn’t move. I didn’t speak. I just sat there on that green carpet with my knees

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Lela, with her arm wrapped loosely around my waist, led me, still shaking, out of the cabin and into the

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Betrayal Chapter 29 “Hello…? Hello, is anyone there?” The voice at the other end of the telephone asked. I could

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Betrayal Chapter 28 We drove for around fifteen minutes before we reached their cabin. The whole time, Clara kept up

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The sky was crystal clear, and the stars, sparkling and shimmering like thousands of diamonds scattered across the heavens, shone

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