NovelsFreeChapter 252 Chapter 252 I didn't know how to respond. What could I say? That I didn't choose my father? That I was just as trapped in this fate as he was? There were no words that would change anything. There was no argument that could stop him.
His eyes met mine again, and I saw something darker there, something more unsettling than anything else he had said. A twisted bitterness, a resentment that had festered for so long. I wanted to scream, to fight back, to find sway to make it stop. But all I could do was sit there, frozen in place, helpless as he continued with his work, his sick, twisted explanation of his motivations as if I was supposed to care.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut there was nothing left forto do except survive this. Keep my head down. Hold on as long as I could. Maybe, just maybe, if I was strong enough, I would find a way out of this nightmare.
But for now, all I could do was endure.
The thought of my kids, my beautiful, innocent children, growing up withoutwas a constant ache in my chest. It was like a vice tightening around my heart, and the weight of it nearly crushed me. I had never imagined that this would be the price I would pay. I should have never let it cto this. I should have stayed home, stayed with them, stayed with Marcus. I was being selfish, thinking I could handle everything on my own, thinking I could fix things by running away.
I had made a choice to leave the hotel that day, to venture out and find Xander, thinking I could take control of a situation I didn't understand. How foolish I had been. I should have listened to my husband, should have stayed out of it like he asked. He was right all along, and I had ignored him. I had ignored everything he warnedabout. I could almost hear his voice in my head now, tellingto be careful, to stay safe, and to keep my focus on our family, not on sdangerous, toxic mess that I had no place in.
Oh, Marcus. My heart twisted at the thought of him. He would be losing his mind, completely unravelling, when he found out what had happened. The look on his face when he realized I had been taken, kidnapped, trapped in this nightmare, would hauntforever. And I deserved it. I deserved every ounce of anger, every bitter word he might throw atwhen I finally made it back home... if I ever did.
I shouldn't have left him. Shouldn't have left the safety of our home, where everything was stable, where we were a family, even if things weren't perfect. I should have stayed and tried to fix the mess I had made between us instead of running away to chase answers that didn't belong to me. I could have dealt with my issues with Marcus, could have found a way to make it work. But no. I chose to ignore it, to run, and now look where it had gotten me, trapped in the dark, suffocating catacombs, far from my family, far from the life I had taken for granted.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI had been reckless. Selfish. A fool who didn't think things through. And now, I was paying the price for that foolishness. If I ever made it out of here, if I ever saw my kids again, I would have a lifetof regret to live with. How could I have done this to them? How could I have been so blind?
There were no guarantees, no promises that I would ever see them again. The walls of this place, this graveyard of stone and shadows, felt like they were closing in on me. Thad put myself in a situation where no one would be able to find me, where no one even knew where I was. I had made my bed, and now I had to lie in it. But as the cold reality of it all sank deeper into my bones, the only thing that keptfrom completely breaking down was the small flicker of hope that still burned inside me, that maybe, somehow, Marcus would cfor me.
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