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His brows drew together as he rushed to her side.
“What happened?”
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Anna and Erin lifted their heads at the sound of his voice. The moment they saw him, their tense shoulders rxed. Erin breathed out in relief while Anna said quickly, “Thank God you’re here. Your wife’s in your hands now.”
“Mr. Jackson…”
Anna leaned close, her voice lowered so only he could hear. “Dawn’s upset. The Osbornes said some things that got to her. You’d betterfort her.”
Her eyes flicked with pointed nces as she spoke.
Ethan gave a solemn nod and answered with sincerity. “You’ve both done enough today. I’ll have the driver take you home.”
Neither of them protested. They linked arms and slipped out, eager to leave space for the two of them.
Dawn shifted, ready to stand and walk them out, but Ethan pressed her back onto the couch with a firm hand.
He braced his palms on either side of her, leaning close enough that every twitch of her face wasid bare.
“Tell me what’s going on.”
Dawn sank against the cushions and turned her face away from his gaze.
“There’s nothing worth talking about.”
Ethan studied her in silence. Her makeup was still untouched. Hershes cast shadows across her eyelids, hiding the light that usually filled her eyes.
A deep sigh slipped from his chest before he moved to sit beside her.
Dawn lifted her head. “What’s wrong with you?”
His voice came out low, steady, and certain. “Whatever’s
wrong
with you
is wrong
with me.”
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Her lips moved in a faint murmur. “That isn’t the same thing.”
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Her quiet protest tugged a smile at his mouth, though his eyes stayed solemn. “If you’re unhappy on our wedding day, that means the days ahead are going to be miserable for me.” <fn2696> The source of th?s content is F?nd-Novel</fn2696>
She frowned at him. “Why would your life be miserable just because I’m unhappy?”
He let out a questioning sound.
Her words trailed off into silence.
<i>Wait</i>, is <i>he </i>saying <i>that </i>I’m <i>going </i><i>to </i>take <i>my </i><i>anger </i><i>out </i><i>on </i><i>him </i><i>if </i><i>I </i><i>get </i><i>upset</i>?
The idea startled augh from her lips. She bent her head after a while and spoke softly. “Ethan, you’ll never understand. If I had gone to the Osbornes when I was still too young to know anything, or if I had gone when I was already grown enough to understand everything, it wouldn’t cut this deep.”
But she had gone when she was only about nine.
She didn’t know much about people, and even less about feelings back then.
If she actually acted like they were home as they told her to, she would look too desperate. If she resisted their offer, she would make herself look too distant.
Jessica’s words might have been said in anger, but they came from the heart.‘
Ethan’s frown deepened as he pulled her hand into his own. His grip tightened.
He opened his mouth to speak, but a shout shattered the stillness. “Something’s wrong!”
Both of them turned at once. A staff member stood at the doorway, pointing toward the yard. “A woman stormed in out there. She’s smashing everything she sees. She’s yelling that if Ms. Porter doesn’t hand someone over, she’s going to set the house on fire!”
Ethan’s expression hardened. “Hand who over?”
“She didn’t say.”
Before the man had even finished, Dawn already knew.
Her lips pressed together as she stood.
“I’ll see this for myself.”
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In the yard, Sydney clutched a baseball bat with both hands.
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Shards of shattered ss glittered on the ground all around her. Though the air bit with cold, sweat streaked her face, and her damp hair clung to her neck. Her eyes burned with madness.
“I swear to God, if I don’t see Austin today, none of you
“Where’s Dawn? Get her out here!”
She gripped the bat tighter.
The staff froze in ce, none daring to move.
will walk away alive!
The bat lifted high toward the tall window, but before she could bring it down, a sharp voice rang out. “Stop right now!”
Sydney’s motion stalled. Her bloodshot trembled.
eyes
She turned slowly, and when she saw Dawn standing there alone, her face twisted darker with
rage.
“Where is Austin?”
Dawn met her gaze with icy calm and stayed silent.
“I’m talking to you. Where is Austin?”
Her shrill voice tore through the air like broken ss. Dawn squeezed her eyes shut for a second, then turned to the staff. “What are you waiting for? Call the police.”
“Yes, right away!”
“Nobody move!”
Sydney’s chest heaved as she swung the bat toward them one by one. Her trembling voice shook with venom. “I’ll maul anyone who tries to call the cops! I’ll take you down before they even show up!”
She looked like someone who had lost her mind.
Dawn’s voice came out steady, though her eyes wavered. “Sydney, Austin isn’t here.”
“As if!”
Sydney’s scream cracked through the cold air. “I heard him myself. He told someone to
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Herugh was sharp and cutting, dripping with scorn. “You keep saying there’s nothing between you, that you’re just uncle and niece. Uncle and niece? An uncle doesn’t elope with his niece.”
Dawn sucked in a breath. She had never imagined Austin would make such ns.
Her eyes stayed locked on the unhinged woman as she forced the words out one by one. “I am married. I have a husband. Whatever Austin has done is his own business and has nothing to do with me.
“Sydney, you can keep harassing me, but it won’t change a thing. Whatever you have with him is for you to take up with him.”
The decorations from the wedding still hung in the yard. Rosesy crushed on the ground, and the cold wind swept loose petals across the floor.
Relief washed through Dawn’s chest.
At <i>least </i><i>the </i><i>lunatic </i><i>didn’t </i><i>show </i>up <i>during </i><i>the </i><i>ceremony</i>.