Chapter 2: One Text Was All It Took
…do something reckless.
Sign something.
Scream.
Walk out without a plan.
But I didn't move.
Grant's brother Marcus was the first to speak.
"Grant," he said slowly, "what exactly are you doing?"
Grant ignored him.
His eyes were still locked on me, still waiting for the collapse he had rehearsed in his head.
Then his mother, Patricia, pushed back her chair and stood up.
She looked at Tessa.
She looked at Grant.
And then she looked at me with an expression I had never seen from her before — something close to shame.
"I need to use the restroom," I said quietly, and I stood up.
Grant stepped forward.
"We're not finished here."
"I know," I said.
"Neither am I."
I walked upstairs.
I closed the bedroom door.
I sent one text to Natalie.
*It's time.*
What I didn't know was that while I was sitting at that table staying calm, Grant had already made a move I hadn't anticipated.
Tessa wasn't just moving in.
She had already signed something.
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What Natalie uncovered next — and what Tessa had quietly signed — was the moment everything changed for Grant.
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