~Jasmine~
“Please…” Samantha sniffed again, drawing my attention to her bloodshot eyes. I shook my head, still reeling from her confession. It was a tangled web of deceit, spun with threads of betrayal and desperation.
“I didn’t think things would go this far, I promise.” Samantha’s voice cracked, the words hanging heavy in the air. “The pregnancy… it was just a ploy by Logan and me. We wanted to get back the car, house and Logan’s job… to get back the life Jasmine stole from us.”
The words hit me like a physical blow. What??? I couldn’t process what she was saying. She and Logan had orchestrated this entire charade, this cruel deception, making me believe I was pregnant just to… what? To hurt me? To manipulate me? The sheer audacity of it made my stomach churn. I felt a wave of
