Lahat ng Kabanata ng Contract with the devil : Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

After the shower, Scott followed Laura back to her room and sat on her bed while she got dressed. She had to go into her closet to change because she wasn’t going to get dressed in front of him when he was already being so weird and obsessive.“I need to go downstairs and eat breakfast,” Laura said when she came out of the closet fully dressed.“I’ll come with you,” Scott said and stood up.“Obviously,” Laura muttered because at this point she knew there was no way he was going to let her go anywhere alone.They went downstairs to the kitchen where Amelia was making breakfast. She looked surprised to see both of them together so early but said nothing.Laura sat at the counter and Scott sat right next to her even though there were like ten other seats. His leg was pressed against hers the whole time they ate.“What are your plans for today?” Scott asked.“I was going to read in the library,” Laura said. “Why?”“I’ll work in there with you,” Scott said. “I have some emails to answer an

Laura woke up the next morning feeling sore all over. When she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Scott sitting on the edge of her bed holding a tray with food on it. It was so unexpected she thought maybe she was still dreaming.“What are you doing?” Laura asked, her voice rough from sleep and from all the yelling she did the night before during their big fight.“Bringing you breakfast,” Scott said. He didn’t look at her directly, maybe feeling awkward, which was weird because Scott never felt awkward about anything.Laura sat up slowly because her whole body ached. She pulled the blanket up to cover herself better since she was only wearing one of Scott’s shirts and nothing else.“You brought me breakfast?” Laura repeated because she had to make sure she heard right, Scott had never done something like this before.“Yes,” Scott said, carefully setting the tray on her lap. “I had Amelia make your favorite.”Laura looked down and saw scrambled eggs, toast, fresh fruit, orang

Laura’s hands shook as she grabbed her phone from the nightstand. She thought aboutcalling Scott but instead opened the app Scott gave her to control the security system afterthe threatening text.She pulled up the camera feed from the front gate and zoomed in on the woman’s face.Laura felt sick to her stomach because it was like looking in a mirror, only this woman’s hairwas a bit messier, and she wore different clothes, but the face was exactly the same.The woman wore dark jeans and a black hoodie, her hands stuck in her pockets. She juststood there looking up at Laura’s window like she knew exactly which room Laura was in.Laura watched the screen for a minute trying to decide what to do. Then the woman raisedone hand and waved at the camera like she knew Laura was watching. That made Laurafeel cold because how did this woman know about the cameras?Without thinking, Laura ran out of her room and down the hall to Scott’s room. She neededto tell him now, even if

Laura and Scott had been at the mountain house for three days when Detective Chen called, saying he had important news and needed to meet with them. They drove back to the city, even though Laura didn’t really want to leave the safety of the mountains where Lily couldn’tfind her.They met Detective Chen in Scott’s office at the mansion, and Laura could tell from the look on his face that whatever news he had wasn’t going to be good. She grabbed Scott’s hand before they even sat down.“Thank you for meeting with me,” Detective Chen said as he sat down across from Scott’s desk. “I’ve made some significant discoveries in my investigation.”“What did you find?” Scott asked, squeezing Laura’s hand.Detective Chen pulled out a folder from his briefcase and opened it on the desk. “I was able to obtain DNA samples from Laura’s medical records and compared them with DNA from Lily Jacobs, who is in the system from a previous arrest for shoplifting when she was nineteen.”La

She continued reading.“Margaret told us that Lily had been placed into the foster care system and that she was being cared for by the state until a new adoptive family could be found,” Scott continued.“Your father and I immediately tried to get Lily back, but Margaret told us that we had signed away our parental rights and that there was nothing we could do. We hired a lawyer, but he said the adoption contract we signed was ironclad and that we had no legal way to get Lilyback.”Scott turned to the last page. “We spent years trying to find out where Lily was and how she was doing, but the adoption agency wouldn’t tell us anything. Eventually, Margaret Sullivan disappeared and the agency closed down. We never found out what happened to Lily or if she ever got the medical treatment she needed.”Laura was sobbing now because her parents hadn’t deliberately abandoned Lily, they had been tricked into giving her up, then blocked from getting her back.“Every day of my