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Just as the two of them were about to say something else, Abraham’s phone buzzed. Abel was calling. He answered, tly saying. “Talk.”
“Mr. Abraham, he showed up.”
That one word–he–instantly wiped away the tenderness Abraham had just shown Ste, recing it with a cold, sharp edge.
He let out a faint “Mm” before hanging up. Then he looked down at Ste lying in bed and gently brushed her hair from her forehead. “Get some rest. I’ll be back in a bit.”
“You’re going out?”
“Yeah. I’ll be back within two hours.”
The way he emphasized the time felt just like a husband checking in with his wife before heading
out.
Ste’s heart warmed.
Abraham left.
The moment she was alone, her phone buzzed loudly.
It was Tessa. Ste answered the call. “Tessa? You still have the energy to keep up with all this drama?”
So much had happened in just thest couple of days.
Victor said she actually fainted from the shock. But somehow, even all the way over in Falvaria, she was still keeping up with the drama in Rivermount.
“Of course I do!” Tessa snapped. “I’m losing it over here! Can’t I check out the chaos and distract myself for a bit? Don’t even start on my mess. Come on, spill the tea!”
Ste was surprised. Well, okay then. If chatting about gossip helped Tessa chill out, that was actually kind of reassuring.
“You have no idea how terrifying Victor really is. I mean it, I really–Ugh, forget it. If I keep talking about him, I might <b>faint </b><b>again</b>.”
Just thinking about what Victor dragged her into sent chills down her spine. The whole scene had been absolutely horrifying.
“Okay, okay, we <b>won’t </b>talk about him,” Ste said softly, trying to soothe her.
When <b>Abraham </b><b>said </b>Victor had taken Tessa to face the Dawne family in person, Ste <b>knew </b>right away—it <b>had </b>to be even worse than the chans <b>at </b>Rivermount Airnort
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Still, she had to give it to Tessa. She’d fainted from fear, and now she was cracking jokes and holding herself together. That kind of grit wasn’t easy toe by.
Tessa quickly changed the subject. “Yo, can we talk about Reba? She’s seriously out here going head–to–head with the entire Reed family!”
The way she was acting, she looked like she was ready to risk it all.
“No kidding,” Ste agreed. “She really is.”
The whole Reed family was siding with Lillian, and Reba had been raising hell over it. She’s actually taking on the entire Reed family by herself!
Tessa let out a sharpugh. “She’s intense–I kind of respect it. But seriously, what pushed her over the edge today? She was about to jump off a building with her kid in her arms. I mean, I don’t think dragging the kid into it was right, but with the Reed family, you’ve got to go to extremes if you want to get anywhere. You have to y hardball with people like that. Looks like they finally met their match–she’s thrown the whole family into total chaos.”
Just talking about the Reed family got Tessa all fired up.
Even back when Ste was tangled up with the Reed family, she never came out on the losing side. Things got messy, sure, but she held her ground and never let them get the upper hand.
But now that she’dpletely cut ties, and the Reed family was still falling apart? Yeah… that was karma doing its thing.
Sure, Ste had held her own back then, but the way the Reed family treated her still left Tessa feeling bitter for her.
But now? Now things were different.
Reba had nothing to do with any of them, and yet she was out there blowing up the entire Reed family. Watching it unfold? Incredibly satisfying.
Ste could hear the smug delight in Tessa’s voice. She thought for a moment, then said, “It’s probably because of the medical bills–like, tens of millions.”
“Tens of millions?” Tessa practically screamed. “Wait, for real? Medical bills? Are you telling me they actually found a way to save Lillian? Oh my God–please don’t let her survive.”
Someone like Lillian deserved to suffer and die slowly.
Kind of, Ste said.
“Wait, so they really found something?” Tessa’s voice dropped, clearly disappointed.
“But even if they did, it doesn’t really change anything.” Ste said. “It just gives them a little. hope.”
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Tessa groaned. “Can you just exin it all at once? My nerves are shot.”
Seeing how impatient she was, Ste let out a soft, helplessugh. “Rianne came back. She went to see Lillian at the Reed family’s house.”
“What? Why would she go see Lillian? Did something happen while I was gone? Why the hell would Rianne go check on <b>Lillian</b>?” Tessa was fully fired up now, her voice edging toward furious.
Lately, the Reed family had beenpletely backed into a corner–no hospital would admit them, and no doctor dared go near them.
In Tessa’s eyes, that was justice. They were getting exactly what they deserved.
And now Ste was saying Rianne actually went to visit Lillian?
Unbelievable<b>. </b>