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The cab driver took one look at the state I was in and floored the gas, running red lights all the way to the hospital.The doctors rushed me into the operating room. Still, I only caught one sentence through the haze. "We can't save the baby…"Tears slipped from the corners of my eyes. Maybe it was for the best. Now, I could leave without anything holding me back.When I woke up, the hospital room was empty. I rested a hand on my now-flat stomach and let out a bitter smile. The baby's father had never even known that our child existed before it was taken from us.My phone rang. It was Brandon.I had been planning to have a serious talk with him, but his anxious voice came through the phone before I could say anything. "Eleanor, where are you?"My heart still skipped a beat. He still loved me. Maybe things didn't have to end like this after all.I inhaled slowly as I answered, "I'm in Room 501 at Central Medical Center."The call ended abruptly.…Moments later, the door to m

Everything in the bedroom that I had loved was gone.The blue decor had been replaced with pink. The photo of Brandon and me had disappeared from the nightstand. A woman's pajamas that didn't belong to me were draped over the couch.My feet felt like they were made of lead. I couldn't take another step.When Brandon heard the noise, he rushed over. "Eleanor, what's wrong? Are you hurt?"I stared blankly ahead as tears slipped down my face.Following my gaze, he looked into the room and immediately understood."Eleanor, Hannah isn't well. She needs a place to recover, and our bedroom gets the most sunlight. Don't get the wrong idea. She only asked me to take our picture down because she was afraid it might fall and hit her."A bitter smile crossed my face. "Really? Then, you'd better take good care of her."I pulled my hand free, walked into the guest room, and locked the door behind me. I leaned against it and began to sob uncontrollably.Brandon kept knocking, calling my name

Brandon tried to jump after me, but the men who had come with him grabbed him and held him back. "Brandon, that's a cliff! You can't jump! You'll die!"The words exploded in his mind. "I'll die? But Eleanor jumped!"The last thread holding his rationality together snapped.Brandon lunged at the kidnapper's leader, beating him mercilessly before yanking him up by the collar. "Talk. Who sent you?"His voice was cold enough to freeze blood. "If you lie to me, I'll make you wish you were dead."The kidnapper was shaking so badly that his legs could barely support him. His face was swollen and bruised, and one of his eyes was already swollen shut. "It… It was Ms. Foster. She paid us a fortune and told us…"His voice grew quieter and quieter before he steadied himself and continued, "She told us to pretend to kidnap both of them. She said… She said she'd definitely be the one you chose. "As for the woman left behind… she wanted us to have our fun with her before stripping her naked a

When Hannah was brought in, she had no idea what was waiting for her.She assumed her men had already finished tormenting me. She assumed that Brandon would never spare me another glance from that day on.She walked into the basement wearing a smug smile. "Brandon asked me to come down here. Is he finally going to help me punish those people and Eleanor?"None of the guards answered her.A sense of unease crept over her. "Where's Brandon? I want to see him.""Why are you in such a hurry?" His cold voice echoed through the room. "I'm right here."Brandon walked in, his expression dark with fury.Hannah's confidence wavered. "Brandon... what's wrong?"He clapped his hands. The kidnapper, who was clearly the leader of the gang, along with the rest of his crew, was dragged inside.The moment the leader saw Hannah, he pointed straight at her. "It was her. She paid me 500 grand to put on that little show and torture that girl."The veins in Brandon's forehead bulged.Hannah droppe