She Mocked My “Useless” Husband Then My Family Ended the Party Chapter 07

She Mocked My “Useless” Husband Then My Family Ended the Party Chapter 07

By dawn, all of Bayport knew: the Thorne family 

was finished. 

The man who’d once owned half the city woke up 

worth nothing. Worse than nothing. He was drowning in debt. 

Federal investigators came for Chloe’s father at first light. Fraud, embezzlement, all of it. 

Arthur’s people dumped Chloe and Felix in an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city. 

I didn’t go back to Highcrest with the others. 

I had unfinished business. 

The warehouse reeked of mold and rot. 

Chloe was tied to a chair, her hair matted, her face 

swollen nearly shut. There wasn’t a trace left of 

the woman who’d called herself the law in 

Bayport. 

Felix was crumpled in the corner, beaten until he 

could barely move. 

“Miss Thorne.” 

I stood over her. 

“Didn’t you say every life had a price?” 

“So what’s yours worth now?” 

Chloe’s eyes went wide. She thrashed against the 

ropes. 

“Clara! Please, let me go! I’m sorry, okay? I’m 

sorry!” 

“It was Felix. He lied to me! He set me up!” 

“You’re better than this. Please, just let me go!” 

I almost laughed. 

“Set up?” 

“How many times did I tell you? How many times 

did I beg?” 

“Julian was dying right in front of you, and you 

ripped the medicine out of my hands. You 

smashed the only thing that could save him.” 

“Did you feel sorry for him? Even for a second?” 

I swung. 

Slap! 

Everything I had went into that hit. 

That one was for Julian, the slap he took for me. 

CRACK!CRACK! 

“And that one’s for the medicine you destroyed.” 

Blood ran from the corners of Chloe’s mouth. She 

was sobbing, snot and tears streaking her face. 

“Stop… please stop… no more…” 

I stepped back, pulled a sanitizing wipe from my pocket, and cleaned my fingers one by one. 

“Just touching you makes my skin crawl.” 

I turned to Felix. 

The second my eyes landed on him, he flinched 

and crawled to my feet. 

“Miss Hayes! It’s all my fault. Everything. All of it!” 

“I never should’ve framed you to protect Mia!” 

“Please, talk to Arthur. Tell him to let me live. 

Please.” 

I kicked him away. 

“Let you live?” 

“Do you have any idea what that magnet almost 

did? It nearly shorted out his pacemaker.” 

“You sacrificed an innocent man to save yourself.” 

“You’re a pathetic excuse for a human being.” 

Victoria dropped a document at his knees. 

“Mr. Mercer, this is your indictment.” 

“Attempted murder, corporate embezzlement, and 

securities fraud.” 

“You’re looking at consecutive life sentences. 

You’ll die in prison.” 

“And as for your true love, Mia…” 

Victoria’s smile was razor–thin. 

“Turns out you were just one of her many married sugar daddies. One of their wives found out and had her knees shattered by some very expensive thugs. She’s in a hospital bed right now, so I doubt 

she’ll be visiting.” 

Felix collapsed flat on the concrete, staring at 

nothing. 

Chloe started laughing, wild, broken, unhinged. 

“Karma! It’s karma. All of it!” 

She laughed until she was crying, rocking back 

and forth in the chair. 

“Have her committed.” 

My voice was flat. 

“She spent the whole night calling everyone else 

crazy. Let her find out what crazy actually looks 

like.” 

“Never let her out.” 

Victoria nodded and waved the guards in. They 

dragged both of them out. 

“Clara, let’s go. It’s time to head back.” 

“Julian’s awake. He’s been asking for you.” 

Just hearing his name, everything sharp and cold inside me melted away. 

I turned my back on the warehouse and walked 

out into the light. 

The blinding morning sun hit me full in the face. 

A black helicopter sat in the clearing, rotors already turning. 

I climbed in without looking back. 

Julian was waiting for me. Nothing else mattered.