Chapter 2: The Phone Call That Changed Everything
Part 2 ⬇️
The room was completely still.
Ethan stepped in front of me, his voice low and controlled.
"Don't touch her again."
My mother straightened, smoothing her dress like nothing had happened.
"This is a family matter, Ethan.
Stay out of it."
"She's about to be my wife," he said.
"That makes it my matter."
Chloe finally crossed the room.
I expected her to defend our mother.
Instead, she grabbed her arm and pulled her back — and for just a second, I saw something on Chloe's face I hadn't expected.
Fear.
Not embarrassment.
Not guilt.
Pure fear.
That stopped me cold.
My mother shook Chloe off and looked at me with something close to desperation.
"You don't understand what you've done," she said quietly.
"If that money doesn't move by Monday, it's not just Chloe who suffers.
It's all of us."
"What does that mean?" Ethan asked.
She didn't answer him.
She looked only at me.
"You need to undo it, Natalie.
Whatever you did this morning — undo it.
Before it's too late."
I held her gaze.
"It's already too late," I said.
Her face went white.
And that's when Chloe's phone rang.
She looked at the screen — and her hand started shaking.
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What Natalie did that morning put everything at risk — and someone else already knew.
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