She Signed His Marriage Contract Then His Enemies Came novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: The Witness
"Forced," Gareth says again, and lets the word sit.
"That's a lie," I say.
"Is it? Then why would a woman with three hundred thousand in savings sign away a year of her life?"
The cameras swing to me.
I have no answer he hasn't already poisoned.
My savings are gone. He knows that. He was in the front row when I spent them.
The hospital doors hiss open behind us.
"Because of you."
The voice is thin and cracked.
Claire stands at the top of the ramp in a hospital gown with a cardigan over it.
The IV tape is still on the back of her hand.
The bruise on her mouth has gone yellow at the edges.
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