Dominic frowned impatiently, unwilling to hear another word. “If you won’t apologize, then I’ll make sure Caroline gets justice myself.”
Right after he spoke, the sound of Cooper’s anguished cries came from outside.
Hazel froze. She ran out, heart pounding, and what she saw made her world collapse.
Cooper lay on the ground, hit by a car. His body was twisted, his insides crushed and spilling out onto the pavement.
She stood there, trembling uncontrollably. Dominic had killed the last living piece of her mother.
Something in her broke completely.
She stormed back inside, grabbed a baseball bat, and swung it toward Dominic. Before she could strike, his men grabbed her and knocked her unconscious.
When she came to, it was already afternoon.
The house was a wreck, Cooper’s lifeless body still lying outside. Tears streamed down her face, unstoppable, until her whole body shook with the weight of regret, regret for ever meeting Dominic, regret for ever loving him.
She didn’t know how long she had cried before a call from the county clerk's office broke through her daze.
Wiping her tears, she buried Cooper, cleaned herself up, and went to collect her divorce certificate.