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Chapter 14 - Ben Begs For Mercy As His World Collapses

Later that evening, Ben intercepted me in the hospital corridor as I returned from checking on Ellie’s bandages.

“Rachel, please... you have to drop the charges against my mother; she’s an old woman!” Ben cried, grabbing my arm.

I pulled my arm away from his grip with sharp, unyielding authority, staring into his desperate, tear-filled eyes.

“You watched your mother burn our daughter’s face and then lied to the paramedics, Ben,” I whispered icily.

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“You chose your mother’s cruelty over your own child, and now you will share every consequence of that choice.”

Ben collapsed against the hallway wall, sobbing openly as he realized he had lost his family forever.

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