Chapter 2 - Vanessa Realizes Her Carefully Crafted Lies Are Shattering
The tiny digital screen of the pink children’s smartwatch glowed fiercely in the dim light of the expansive dining room.
Vanessa’s carefully painted facade cracked down the middle as she stared at the glowing glass surface in sheer disbelief.
Her meticulously planned escape goat narrative—designed to blame Hadrian for child abandonment—evaporated into thin air.
“Where did you get that?” Vanessa hissed, taking a sudden step forward with a look of desperate, animalistic panic.
Sorrel didn't flinch.
The seven-year-old stepped closer to her father’s towering frame, wrapping her small hand tightly into the fabric of his trousers.
Hadrian stood completely motionless, his broad shoulders tensing as the dark reality of what had happened began to sink in.
His jaw locked tight, and the veins along his neck bulged with a cold, terrifying fury that he struggled to contain.
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“You told me you were going to protect her while I worked late hours to secure our future,” Hadrian whispered dangerously.
“Hadrian, listen to me, that machine is broken—it recorded out of context!” Vanessa stammered, her voice pitching upward.
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