Chapter 54 A Tense Exchange
The straightforward meal came to an end. After getting to her feet, Annabel started gathering the empty bowls. Fred followed suit. Their motions had a calm easy rhythm.
In response Fred said “I can do the dishes.”
“It's the least I can do.” answered Annabel. “You prepared food. It’s also my m...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The offer
2. Chapter 2 New life
3. Chapter 3 No way out
4. Chapter 4 The door behind
5. Chapter 5 The Truth in the dark 
6. Chapter 6 Betrayal
7. Chapter 7 Carson Rescued
8. Chapter 8 CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
9. Chapter 9 The fight
10. Chapter 10 THE ESCAPE
11. Chapter 11 A Strange Beginning
12. Chapter 12 All Alone
13. Chapter 13 Long Lonely Days
14. Chapter 14 New And Hopeful
15. Chapter 15 Loud Warning
16. Chapter 16 NEAR TRUTH
17. Chapter 17 THE GALA EVENT
18. Chapter 18 More Truth
19. Chapter 19 THE SECRET PLACE
20. Chapter 20 Time to Fight
21. Chapter 21 Planning And Action
22. Chapter 22 Fighting to win
23. Chapter 23 A Little Peace
24. Chapter 24 peace Fading
25. Chapter 25 Lion's Den
26. Chapter 26 The Visit
27. Chapter 27 Quite Comfort
28. Chapter 28 Silent Moves
29. Chapter 29 Missing
30. Chapter 30 First Kiss
31. Chapter 31 Truth Comes
32. Chapter 32 Silent Echo
33. Chapter 33 Mis-Love
34. Chapter 34 Divided
35. Chapter 35 Breaking point
36. Chapter 36 First Move
37. Chapter 37 Little Escape
38. Chapter 38 Dangerous Ties
39. Chapter 39 The Hunt Begins
40. Chapter 40 Cold edges
41. Chapter 41 The Escape
42. Chapter 42 Lies and Secrets
43. Chapter 43 The Verdict
44. Chapter 44 Cutting deep
45. Chapter 45 shards of trust
46. Chapter 46 Blur of reflections
47. Chapter 47 The Dining Table
48. Chapter 48 The Apology
49. Chapter 49 Making a call
50. Chapter 50 lcy winds
51. Chapter 51 The emptiness
52. Chapter 52 warm embrace
53. Chapter 53 A Warm Embrace
54. Chapter 54 A Tense Exchange
55. Chapter 55 A Fragile Hold
56. Chapter 56 An ultimatum
57. Chapter 57 The Quiet Option
58. Chapter 58 A justification for staying
59. Chapter 59 The Weight Of Words
60. Chapter 60 A Fresh Start
61. Chapter 61 Anchor
62. Chapter 62 An Alternative Route
63. Chapter 63 An Alternate Path
64. Chapter 64 Unanswered Calls
65. Chapter 65 Legacy's burden
66. Chapter 66 Separate
67. Chapter 67 The Test Legacy
68. Chapter 68 The House's Weight
69. Chapter 69 The dreadful silence
70. Chapter 70 A chilly morning
71. Chapter 71 The Unseen
72. Chapter 72 prepared to give up
73. Chapter 73 The Unanswered Prayer
74. Chapter 74 The Golden Cage
75. Chapter 75 A New Armor
76. Chapter 76 A Pack OF Cards
77. Chapter 77 The New Order
78. Chapter 78 The Disclosure
79. Chapter 79 The Cage Tightens
80. Chapter 80 The Illusion
81. Chapter 81 A World of His Own
82. Chapter 82 The Call of the Serpent
83. Chapter 83 The Serpent's Call
84. Chapter 84 Breaking illusions
85. Chapter 85 The Parting Glass
86. Chapter 86 The Weight of Solitude
87. Chapter 87 Quiet Healing
88. Chapter 88 Actions for the Future
89. Chapter 89 A Doubly Proposal
90. Chapter 90 The Way Forward
91. Chapter 91 The Confident
92. Chapter 92 The First Step
93. Chapter 93 Quiet Ambitions
94. Chapter 94 The next step
95. Chapter 95 A New Rhythm
96. Chapter 96 A Quiet Observation
97. Chapter 97 A distinct type of dream
98. Chapter 98 A different feeling
99. Chapter 99 The Vague space
100. Chapter 100 The Silence
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