“You’re a monster…”
Carmen’s weak, hateful voice trembled behind me. She’d heard everything. My words had cut deep.
I glanced back, unimpressed. She looked worse than ever–gaunt, bruised, barely holding herself together.
“Oh? Weren’t you both in on this?” I scoffed. “You destroyed your own son. How tragic.”
Shaking my head in mock sympathy, I turned and walked away, untouchable, my bodyguards flanking me.
+25 BONUS
Twelve years later, I flew back from a vacation in France, long past caring.
The same PI filled me in.
After Benson landed back in prison for assault, Rosie dumped Peter on Stuart.
Stuart and Carmen were rotting in a rundown rental, scraping by on odd jobs. Every cent they earned went into Peter’s sign language and Braille lessons.
But Peter? He wasn’t grateful.
He knew exactly why his life had tanked.
In his past life, when he had everything, he embraced Stuart and Carmen like family. Now, with nothing left, he hated them for it.
His violent Streak nearly got him expelled from his special school. Only after Stuart and Carmen drained their savings and begged the right people did he manage to graduate.
Not that it mattered.
