Chapter 7 - Lucas Begs For Forgiveness Outside The Locked Gates
The following morning, heavy rain poured over the estate as federal moving vans loaded Martha's personal luggage onto the driveway. Lucas stood at the locked iron security gates, drenched, his expensive charcoal suit ruined as he pounded on the cold metal bars.
"Chloe! Please open the gate! I love you! I was weak against my mother, but I can change!" Lucas screamed through the rain into the intercom.
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Chloe stood on the warm balcony holding her baby, watching her husband through the falling rain with absolute, unyielding silence. She pressed a button on her remote control, disconnecting the gate speaker entirely, drowning out his desperate cries with silence.
Lucas dropped to his knees in the muddy driveway, realizing his cowardice had cost him his family, his fortune, and his future.
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