Chapter 15 - THE MOTHER'S DESPERATION
The Mother-in-law was not sitting quietly in her mansion; she was frantically calling in every favor she had.
"Find her," she demanded into the phone, her voice shaking with a rage that had consumed her entire being.
"We're trying, ma'am, but she’s disappeared off the grid," the private investigator replied, sounding tired and desperate.
"She’s pregnant! She has to be somewhere!" the Mother-in-law screamed, her nails digging into the mahogany desk.
But Elena was gone, vanished like a ghost in the machine, leaving no trace for the desperate woman to find.
The Mother-in-law slammed the phone down, her eyes scanning the room, realizing she was truly and utterly alone.
Her husband was in a facility, her son was a broken shell of a man, and her status was gone.
She stood up, walked to the bar, and poured a drink, her hand trembling as she lifted the glass.
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She had built her life on control, and now, for the first time, she had absolutely none of it left.
The walls of the mansion felt like they were closing in, a tomb for a life that was already dead.
