Leona Grant had done it with Vivian Yates. They had actually slept together...
Annabelle Linton burst into tears, feeling like her heart had shattered into pieces that could never be put back together.
'Honestly, it's not a bad trade if Leona Grant gets to live by sleeping with Vivian Yates just once.'
Annabelle Linton tried to convince herself over and over. She covered her face with trembling hands, trying to hold back the tears. But when she recalled Vivian Yates's moans and gasps from the phone call, her heart couldn't help but ache all over again.
'I thought I could be strong enough to face all of this.'
'I thought any sacrifice was worth it, as long as Leona Grant could live.'
'I thought I could accept any price, but that was all just what I thought.'
'That's all it was... just what I thought...'
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Leona Grant sat in the private room next to Vivian Yates's, watching everything on the monitor. He felt as if countless knives were relentlessly stabbing him in the heart.
