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“The young master wasn’t interested in another transplant. He said it was unnecessary.”

“It was unnecessary, huh?” I mutter to myself. “And he did it this time? Why? Is the new heart more durable?”

“It’s too early to tell.”

I shake my head.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I should be jumping for joy, thank God that Emmett is finally fighting for his life for once… but what about me?

What about all the years I spent making it painfully obvious that I loved him? Did he not see me? Was I not enough to fight for then, or did he just enjoy my misery?

All these years, he watched me act a fool, looking for my mother and father, all the while he knew exactly who they were and what happened but never told me a thing!

Is Beverly right? Am I being played all over again? Being swathed and blinded by his vindictive charm.

“Ty, is your boss planning something to avenge his mother?”

“Well, yes, but?—"

“Was marrying me a way for him to gain the power he needs for that to happen?”

“Uh, Young Miss, yes, that’s true but?—"

“Thanks for the info, Ty.”

He didn’t get that surgery for me. He has never wanted to live for me. If he did, he would’ve done it years ago.

He’s doing all this for himself and keeping me on a leash while doing it.

“When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time.”

Maya Angelou was right.

I have to believe what I know for sure. Beverly might be many things, but she wasn’t lying.

So, I fish out my phone from my back pocket and scroll to a number I’ve never called but have texted several times.

“Beautiful Ivy,” George answers on the first ring. “Are you okay?”

“Uh, yeah…”

“Ivy?”

“I need your help.”

“Anything for you. What do you need?”

Here goes…

CHAPTER 29

Emmett

After a whole dayof hunting down Giovanni and trying to get my mother to remember for the past few days, I finally fly back home to my wife.

But when I get home that night, I find my wife gone.

It’s been five days since that explosive night and just as long since I’ve been away but this time, I made an effort to reach out to her.

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