Chapter 19 - THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL
Julian pressed his face close to the glass partition, his eyes bloodshot and wide with sheer panic.
"Vanessa, you can't do this to me! We're in this together!" Julian screamed into the plastic phone.
"We were in it for the money, Julian. And you lost everything to a girl you threw in the mud," Vanessa sneered.
She hung up the phone without another word, standing up and walking out of the visitation room forever.
Julian dropped the receiver, the plastic device swinging back and forth against the metal partition with a hollow clatter.
He slid down the glass wall until he hit the cold concrete floor, burying his face in his orange-sleeved arms.
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There was no rescue coming, no secret fund waiting, and no way to undo the cruel arrogance of his past.
He had built his entire life on sand, and the tide had finally washed him away into total obscurity.
