When Despair Comes Novel – To make sure my sister married my fiancé, my family planned everything. The night before the wedding, I was tortured by two asholes for three hours. My father raged, swearing revenge. My doctor brother promised to help me recover.
But lying in the ER, I heard my brother whisper to my father— “Dad, wasn’t it too cruel to let those bastards do this to Grace?” Reed paused before replying quietly, “I didn’t expect them to go that far. But this works. Antonio won’t accept her anymore so that Nicole can take her place.” I closed my eyes in despair.
Fine. If that’s how they want to play it, I won’t hold back. *** Travis’s assistant checked me over and hurried out. “Travis, she’s got multiple wounds. Shall we operate right away?” “Okay, let’s—” Travis began, but Reed cut him off. “Hold on. Wait until Nicole and Antonio’s wedding is over. “Grace’s injuries aren’t that serious.
You guys can treat her quickly after. If you do it now, she might try to ruin their wedding.” The assistant was stunned. “We can’t delay the surgery. There might be other risks,” he urged. “I agree. We need to do it now. I won’t let anything happen to Grace,” Travis said firmly.
Reed smacked him, and the sharp slap echoed in the room. “You fool! We’re too far in to back out now. Grace needs to stay here for this plan to work. Nicole has to marry Antonio first. “Just do what I say. Find Grace the best painkiller you can and push the surgery to tomorrow night,” Reed demanded.
Their conversation sent a chill down my spine. When Reed divorced my mother, he refused to let her take me. I thought it was because he loved me and couldn’t bear to lose me. I never thought he would hurt me for his so-called adopted daughter. And Travis? He used to fight for me when we were kids. Whenever he had something good, he always thought of me first. But now, he stood by as the thugs abused me and even delayed my surgery on purpose.