Madeline:
“I kept falling deeper into his prison. I’ve been repaying that debt for years, but now I’m finally free. I don’t care anymore. If they want to arrest me for breaking the deal, let them. I no longer care, Madeline, because I cannot live without you. Do you hear me?” he shouted.
My body froze. For a moment, I felt like the same Madeline who used to be too meek to speak up. The emotion in his voice was so raw that it felt wrong to even say a word.
“I don’t know what to say,” I murmured, taking deep breaths to calm myself.
“And then he told me that you knew about him marrying Penny, that he paid you to stay silent. We had clips, videos.” He paused, taking a deep breath and rubbing his chest. “Madeline, you must see me as a horrible person and I’m sure I am. For what you went thr
