Chapter 7 - Mark Breaks Down Over His Blind Trust
“I trusted her, Lucy... she comforted me, she helped raise Jack, and I actually believed she cared about us,” Mark choked out. He fell to his knees beside Lucy’s chair, burying his face in her lap just as he had done seven months ago.
Lucy looked down at him, her heart softening despite the agonizing pain she had endured in the freezing dark. She placed a gentle hand on his bowed head, running her fingers through his hair just like old times.
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“She's a sociopath, Mark; she wanted our life, our home, and our family all to herself,” Lucy murmured quietly. Jack leaned against his mother's other side, completing a circle that had been brutally broken by greed and deception.
The restaurant was dead silent around them, save for the hum of the remaining refrigeration units in the back.
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