After His Heart Transplant My Husband Forgot His Daughter Chapter 09
“His wife and kid already ran off. He’s at his most vulnerable right now,” Renata said, her tone sharp and cold. “Once I sweet-talk him into selling that Seattle house, we’ll have enough to buy a place in Hawaii.”
The man laughed. “What about the foreclosure?”
“What foreclosure?” She snorted. “I downloaded a template online and changed the name. He didn’t even check. Just handed over his daughter’s forty-eight-thousand-dollar college fund like an idiot.”
There was the soft clink of glasses.
“That heart Elias left him really came in handy.”
Standing outside the door, Grady went rigid.
The man asked, “And the pier? You set that up, too?”
“Of course. I had him send me their location, then told Finn to pretend to fall in the water and cry his eyes out the second we got there.” Her voice was laced with smug satisfaction. “Men are so predictable. They always save the one who cries the loudest and seems the most helpless.”
She paused, then added casually, “It’s a shame Elodie only hurt her hand. If Sabine hadn’t run off, I would’ve found a way to get her fired, too.”
The scene at the pier slammed back into Grady’s mind.
On his left, Elodie’s face was white with pain, her hand trapped in the rope.
On his right, Finn stood in shallow water, wearing a life jacket, wailing.
Had he really seen it all back then?
Yes.
Elodie’s hand had been on the left. He had seen it. He had seen her.
And he had still run to the child on the right, the one who was crying louder.