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    “Dani! You deserve to die!” He sprang to his feet, ready to charge at Dani.


    Cedric’s gaze hardened as he stepped in to protect her.


    Caiden came to a sudden halt. “Cedric? Is that really you?”


    Cedric remained firm, his face hardening with determination. “Yes, it’s me.”


    “Dani brought you here! Cedric, look at me. See how I suffer? I am Dani’s biological father, yet she despises me, and not just me, but everyone. Do you know why she returned after her divorce from Alexander? She came for vengeance, for her mother’s death. She’s malevolent, the architect of all this cruelty! Behold, I’m just a shell of the man I once was. And the woman you think is a pure, innocent soul? She’s heartless, a true viin! Dani is a devil!”


    Caiden let out a crazy howl, his voice echoing off the decaying walls, a painful sound to the ears.


    “Look at the truth, Cedric! My life is just a glimpse of what’s toe for you! How can you love such a woman? It’s foolish. You should leave her, escape this monster. Dani, you’re trying to kill your own father. You deserve a miserable, joyless fate, cursed for eternity.”


    Caiden’s wild outburst echoed throughout the crumbling building, with each shout hitting like a physical blow.


    Dani paid no mind to Caiden’s words.


    She turned her attention to the doctor beside her. “How is he? Will he make it?”


    The doctor, his refined demeanor betrayed by a sly smile, adjusted the IV drip. “Don’t worry. If you want him to live to a hundred, consider it done.”


    Caiden’s body started to shake as terror gripped him. Trapped in this bleak, godforsaken madhouse, he knew death would be a mercypared to the torment of staying here.


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    “Dani! If you have any real guts, just kill me already!” he bellowed.


    “Kill you? That would be too merciful. I doubt my mother would want to see you so soon.” Dani turned to leave.


    A furious voice rang out behind her. “Dani Harper!”


    Dani turned to see Caiden pushing himself up on the bed, his voice quiet, his eyes cast downward. “I’m sorry. It was all my fault.”


    Dani arched a brow.


    Caiden lifted his gaze to meet hers. “I loved you. I held you, cherished you. Are you really going to leave me here? Dani, I’m begging you. Don’t be so cruel. I was wrong—I admit it! Take me home, please! It’s freezing here at night. The wind screams through the windows. I can’t sleep. Just take me home. Think of me as a harmless pet, something you keep around, okay?”


    Dani’s gaze was sharp, her smile sharper. “What are you thinking? A sinner like you doesn’t deservefort. If you truly regret it, then repent properly in this ce.”


    “Wait!” Caiden shouted as she turned to leave. “I know what you’re looking for. Dani, I know what you want to find out. Let me out, and I’ll tell you everything!”


    Dani froze mid-step. She slowly turned her head, her piercing gaze locking onto Caiden. “What did you just say?”


    “I know you’re digging into your mother’s death. You think someone else was behind it. That’s why you’ve kept Brylee and her daughter on edge. You know there are more people involved in your mother’s death. You’re searching for the real mastermind, aren’t you?”


    A frost settled in Dani’s gaze. Her stare dropped to him as if he were nothing more than discarded filth. “So, you knew all along. You knew someone else was behind my mother’s death.”


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