His Sister-in-Law, My Hell

et was small, but in the tense silence o

ent down and picked it up. He held it in the p

id slowly. "This

his hand as if it were a snake. But she recovered quick

with her hand. "I... I found it earlier. In my

leading. "It' s this pregnancy brain. I

as weak, but he wasn' t a complete idiot

exandria, a desperate, theatrical move. She grabbed

g down her face. "I made you stay in that cold water for nothin

s hand and tried to m

he couldn' t fight back. She couldn' t do anything but stare at the woman

the lie of her marriage. She remembered the co

t yet. There was one las

hand away from

, her voice flat. "Both o

was raging inside him, a battle between the love he felt for Alexa

e his

nd helped Camr

he said, his voice low. "S

Alexandria as he sa

f warmth in her heart turn to

, comforting. He led her away, his arm wrapped protectively around her shoulders. As

rd their footsteps fade down the hall. Then, she h

en, sh

. The tears she had been holding back for

er room that night. He

. It was a message from a number s

arms, both of them asleep in Camryn' s bed. Th

read: He chose me. He

Colby didn' t come h

r written her, all the silly gifts, all the photographs of them smiling. She took them out to the

again. Another me

Their names-Colby Sheppard and Camryn Wiggins-were printed in nea

bitter smile twisting her l

her own things, the few items that weren' t tainted by his touch. Everything he

there was his face. Colby was at a charity event for a children' s hospital. He

Mr. Sheppard, you look so happy. You

g smile that didn' t reach his eyes. "I' m

fa

heek. She was the outsider. The other wom

real wife, playing the part of the devoted husband-to-be. Alexandria knew where he was ever

aping wound. But the hope was gone. And in its pla

first time, replied to o

He' s a

r her, so profound it was al

one-way ticke

had always looked at her with pi

, ma' am," the w

ve of dizziness washed over her. Her eyelids grew heavy. The room s

uch, her mind fading in