Committed by Velvet Vaughn

Author:Velvet Vaughn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, romantic suspense, romantic suspense series, romantic suspense novel, romantic suspense new release, romance romantic suspense ebooks, romantic suspense kindle
Publisher: Velvet Vaughn

Chapter Fifteen

April tapped her foot anxiously, not even trying to keep the beat. Silently she willed the music teacher to dismiss her lesson early.

Usually the one afternoon she reconnected with the piano was the highlight of her week. In her former life, she had been an accomplished pianist, having studied for years under the watchful eye of a noted virtuoso. She couldn’t remember much about her earlier days in Bexley except for music class. Her mind might have been oblivious, but her hands remembered the motions. Her fingers danced over the keys, the sound a balm to her troubled soul. She longed to play one of her favorites, Mozart’s Concerto Number 23 in A Minor, but she couldn’t concentrate. Instead, she fell into an easy routine of a Beethoven classic.

Though she managed precious little sleep last night, adrenalin pumped through her veins. She felt wired, alive. She needed class to end so she could get to Rachel, see for herself that her friend would recover.

Peter stopped her before class to let her know Ben had checked on her first thing and though still asleep, the IV bag had been replaced. Harmless liquid flowed into Rachel’s body. The effects of the drugs would wear off soon, thanks to Peter’s handiwork.

For the first time since her admittance to Bexley, she could see a light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. She wasn’t sick…she would get out of this place. She had friends she could count on. She would lead a productive, fulfilling life. It wouldn’t be the one she imagined growing up, but she began to make peace with the loss of her mother and her former existence. Blanche Sloane would never forgive her daughter for damaging her husband’s career. And that’s exactly what she planned to do: destroy Dr. Harmon Sloane’s life as severely as he destroyed hers.

Oh, she knew a better person would not stoop to his level and exact vengeance. Wasn’t it Gandhi who said, "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind"? But it was a quote from Mary, Queen of Scots that ran through her head during the darkest hours when overwhelming sorrow threatened to consume her: "No more tears now; I will think about revenge."

And she had thought about it…long and hard. A revelation came to her one night. The greatest payback she could give would be to simply get well. Walk out of the Bexley Institute, away from her home, her mother, her hated step-father and never look back.

She would forever mourn the loss of her mom…they had been close once. But then Harmon appeared and everything changed. Life as she knew it vanished in a heartbeat, leaving behind the shattered shell of a once-happy girl.

In her time of need, her mother chose her new husband over her teenage daughter. While she might not ever get over that betrayal, she would forge ahead. She would not let grief fester inside her like a ravenous disease any longer. Time to take charge and build a new life.

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