Part 2The Heart She Stole

Her designer stiletto ground down on Mom’s hand, pressing it into the broken glass.

"Where is he? Did he run off with some other woman? I knew it. He’s unfaithful trash. I never should have married him!"

I didn't cheat!

I was already dead!

I died three years ago because of your bias and Liam’s cruelty!

When I was alive, I couldn't stop my fate.

Now that I'm dead, I could only kneel on the floor, screaming, begging Serena to lift her foot.

Just as Mom cried out in pain, the door burst open. My sister, Harper, rushed in, still wearing her security guard uniform.

She only had one arm left.

She shoved Serena away with a force born of pure fury.

"You psycho! You killed my brother, and now you want to kill our mother too?"

Serena scoffed, dusting off her coat.

"So that’s the script? Ethan told you to lie so he could live happily ever after with his mistress? Newsflash: The doctors said the surgery was safe."

"I sent him to the best sanitarium. I hired the best private nurses. How could he be dead?"

Safe? The only one safe was Liam!

Less than a month after they took my heart, my body began to fail.

The facility rushed me to the ER.

While I was lying on a gurney, waiting for the treatment deposit and a family signature, Serena was walking on the beach with Liam.

When the doctor called time of death, Serena was draping her jacket over Liam’s shoulders, terrified he might catch a chill.

Harper shielded Mom with her single arm.

"Ms. Thorne, my brother is dead. If you don't believe me, go ask the hospital that tried to save him!"

Serena looked down at them like they were insects.

"You think I'm stupid? The sanitarium director told me everything. Ethan checked himself out with a woman!"

No!