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Chapters (63)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter Two
  5. Chapter Three
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Chapter Eleven
  14. Chapter Twelve
  15. Chapter Thirteen
  16. Chapter Fourteen
  17. Chapter Fifteen
  18. Chapter Sixteen
  19. Chapter Seventeen
  20. Chapter Eighteen
  21. Chapter Nineteen
  22. Chapter Twenty
  23. Chapter Twenty-One
  24. Chapter Twenty-Two
  25. Chapter Twenty-Three
  26. Chapter Twenty-Four
  27. Chapter Twenty-Five
  28. Chapter Twenty-Six
  29. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  30. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  31. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  32. Chapter Thirty
  33. Chapter Thirty-One
  34. Chapter Thirty-Two
  35. Chapter Thirty-Three
  36. Chapter Thirty-Four
  37. Chapter Thirty-Five
  38. Chapter Thirty-Six
  39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  40. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  41. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  42. Chapter Forty
  43. Chapter Forty-One
  44. Chapter Forty-Two
  45. Chapter Forty-Three
  46. Chapter Forty-Four
  47. Chapter Forty-Five
  48. Chapter Forty-Six
  49. Chapter Forty-Seven
  50. Chapter Forty-Eight
  51. Chapter Forty-Nine
  52. Chapter Fifty
  53. Chapter Fifty-One
  54. Chapter Fifty-Two
  55. Chapter Fifty-Three
  56. Chapter Fifty-Four
  57. Chapter Fifty-Five
  58. Chapter Fifty-Six
  59. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  60. A letter from Charly
  61. Acknowledgements
  62. About the Author
  63. Also by Charly Cox

She put her phone away and broke the news to Tessa. Together, they went inside to tell Brandon his mom was out of surgery but was still not awake. Then Alyssa hunkered down so she could look into the eyes of this little guy who’d managed to worm his way into the center of her heart. ‘Does that offer to borrow your magnifying glass still stand? I have a feeling it’s going to help my team catch the bad guy.’ She couldn’t explain the compulsion to ask, but when he raced to the kitchen and returned with the magnifying glass in hand, proudly presenting it to her, she knew she’d done the right thing.

Afterwards, she thanked Tessa for her time and said bye to the boys, appreciating how she’d been more unnerved at the idea of facing two seven-year-old superhero-clad youngsters than she was at the prospect of staring down an armed suspect.

On the way back to the hospital, she called Brock to let him know she’d be later than expected.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Sunday, October, 6

Alex scraped her hair back into a ponytail, securing it before coiling it into a tight bun at the nape of her neck. When a few loose strands managed to elude the rubber band, she threw her brush into the sink and yanked them out, roots and all.

After tossing them into the toilet and flushing them away, she studied herself in the mirror. Things were unraveling, and she seemed unable to stop the speeding train wreck barreling her way.

In the back of her mind, she’d always known Adam would be too weak to deal with this. She’d known it, and she’d used him anyway because she also knew that once her plan was set in motion, she’d no longer have any use for him, and so he’d never live long enough to implicate her.

Moving into her bedroom, Alex opened her nightstand drawer and pulled out the worn photograph she kept tucked away. Lifting it to her lips, she softly kissed the smiling image of Hayden Benson before running her fingertips along his face as if he were there in the flesh. It had all started when he’d come to her in a dream, pleading for her forgiveness. He’d realized he’d made a horrible mistake in choosing Elizabeth over her. To prove it, he’d outlined his plan.

Alex would steal Brandon away and raise him as her own – hers and Hayden’s, the way it always should’ve been. Elizabeth didn’t deserve the little boy anyway.