Chapter 14 - Richard Bellamy Arrives To Protect His Only Daughter
The private security guards stationed outside Audrey’s penthouse buzzed her apartment to announce an unexpected visitor. Audrey walked to the intercom, pressing the talk button with a suspicious frown. "Who is it?"
"It's me, Audrey," Richard Bellamy's voice came through the speaker, sounding uncharacteristically shaken. Audrey buzzed him up immediately, unlocking her front door before he even reached the hallway.
Richard stepped inside, looking older and more vulnerable than Audrey had ever seen him look before. She rushed forward, guiding him toward the living room sofa and pouring him a glass of water.
"Dad, what happened? Are you alright?" Audrey asked anxiously, sitting down beside him. Richard took a slow sip of water, staring blankly at the abstract art hanging on the wall.
"Lenora collapsed this afternoon," Richard said quietly, the words hanging heavily in the quiet room. Audrey froze, her hand hovering over the glass. "What do you mean she collapsed? Is she...?"
"She's in the hospital downtown," Richard interrupted, turning to look his daughter in the eye. "The paramedics revived her, but the doctor says her heart is failing under all the stress of this feud."
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Audrey stared at her father, a complex mixture of anger, pity, and confusion washing over her mind. The woman who had destroyed her childhood and tried to ruin her family was now lying in a hospital bed fighting for her life.
"Why are you telling me this, Dad?" Audrey asked softly. "Because this war has to end, Audrey, before it destroys what's left of our souls," Richard replied earnestly.
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