Warning: The following chapter has a bit of violence but is not extreme. Elle “My stepmother?” I ask Tamera, confused by what she had just said. She must have confused her with someone else. “Yes. Miranda Hoult is the woman that came to my flat with your stepbrother. “Carter?” I ask, still confused. “Yes. The guy I was dating… Declan, he-” “-Declan? Declan Bowel?” “Yes, he was the guy I was dating, and it turned out he and she were having an affair. He was a bad person, Elle. He was a monster who targeted unsuspecting women and sells them,” I hear her speak, but I’m still stuck on the affair part. They played my father. They made a fool out of him and then killed him. I start feeling dizzy before feeling like I'm sinking into the chair. “Elle!” I hear Tamera’s concerned voice, but

