Chapter 3 - Ella Whispers The Terrifying Secret About Her Mother
David dropped to his knees right beside the wheelchair, ignoring the freezing water soaking the knees of his tailored trousers.
He stripped off his heavy cashmere suit jacket, wrapping it tightly around Ella’s trembling, fragile shoulders.
“You’re safe now, sweetheart. Daddy’s got you,” David choked out, lifting her lightweight body gently into his arms.
Ella buried her face in his neck, her small hands clutching the lapel of his jacket as silent, exhausted tears fell.
Victoria scrambled backward across the wet marble floor, her expensive high heels slipping slightly against the slick surface.
“You can't end everything over a petty disciplinary mistake! She was being disobedient!” Victoria shrieked defensively.
David looked up at her with a terrifying, icy calm that was far more frightening than any burst of blind rage.
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Then little Ella lifted her head slightly from David’s shoulder, her watery hazel eyes fixed directly on Victoria.
“She knows what happened to Mommy…” Ella whispered in a tiny, trembling voice that cut through the silence like glass.
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