She knew how hurtful they could be.
Once uttered, they could never be taken back
Glana thought Kira just wanted some fresh air when she said she wanted to take a walk.
She had no idea when or how Kira had drawn up the divorce papers.
Kira said nothing.
She stood with her bookles back, looking up at Austyn defiantly.
Then she held out a ballpoint pen, borrowed from the shopkeeper, 'Please sign it.
Austyndidn't take the pen
He smoothed out the paper, which had been crumpled up by him.
Then he tore it to shreds, slowly and methodically.
He kept going until the piece of paper was reduced to a handful of confetti
Kirewatched him with a blankcfare
When he was done, she removed another folded-up copy from her pants pocket. There's plenty more where that came from.
She made twenty coples of the agreement.
Austyn's eyes were cold as mebleballs.
I'm not going to sign it. Not now, not ever!
Austyn McCarthy!' Kira yelled.
The mention of his last name stabbed at lur heart and strengthened her resolve
"If you still have just shred of comtence, you'll sign the paper Or 1 hate you for the rest of my life!
Austyn stuckboth hands to his pants pockets, hiding the fact that they were trembling
He kept up a show of nonchalan
'Hate me if you want. In fact, you can kill me if that makes you feel better. But you're not going to leave me Kira's body shook She did hate him.
But she also loved him, which made her hate herself even more.
She wasn't going to k him.
The real culprit was Henry McCarthy
Kira just wanted to stay away from austym,
She couldn't ever look at his face without thinking of her father, whose death was still unavenged.
Ring the paper at Austyn's face.
"Yourdather killed my dad. I will never be the wide of a murderersson!!
Her father would never be abletom in peace if she continued to stay with Austyn.
Poderiamey pulled up short, gawking, exclusive content.
Glana osped
What did the heap?
Austyn's father munkered Mir Blevint?
That was the wimpan satu ka i
But again, if it wasn't for nothing this, is would never be dead on leaving Austyn
Thermos apen in shackush dragged her into an ing taxt nearby.
World Mall, please, Kinaid is the diver. "And please try
Garula dan many questions, but the best no idea where the
ira, the Hummer's right behind us
It took her a long while to find her voice again. "Um, Kira, 1
"I know."Kira wasn't surprised.
"About your father, can you please tell me what's going on?!
Kira clenched her jaw. Henry McCarthy murdered my dad." The car swerved.
Tyres screeched loudly on the cement road.
'Sorry, sony. The driver apologised.
He kept eveing Kira in the rearview minor.
Shock and disbelief were writ large on his face,
Glana sensed what he was thinking, "We're rehearsing lines from a play."
oh, phew." The diver mopped a bead of sweat from his forehead. 'I thought....Anyway, sorry."
He went back to driving.
Glana lowered ber voice. 'Is Henry McCarthy Austyn's dad?
Kira blanched at that reminder
She nodded. 'His men abducted my father. They removed his organs to save Austyn's mother."
Her nostrils flared, 'That's why Austyn maled me in the first place."
She was nothing more than a pawn in the McCarthys' twisted games.
Glans had to choke back a scrum.
She covered her mouth with one hand. "What the hell? They How. how could they do this? It's murder!!
She grabbed Kira's hand. "We should call the police!!
"It's not going to work" Kira shook her head.
She pealised that last night,
Henry McCarthy must have bought off people at the hospital.
That was the only way her dad could be taken from his ward without raising any alarim.
Dr Morrison wasn't in on the plan because he was supposed to be on leave that day
put the rest of the medical staff-the nurses and the other doctors on that floor-were involved.
When the police interviewed them, they said they were on a lunch break and didn't see anyone suspicious. What wen
were the odds that all of them happened to take a break at the same love?
They had to be acting on orders from someone higher up.
Besides, the CCTV cameras in the entire building were down.