Chapter 356 The Storm Breaks
Just as the two of them were about to say something else, Abraham’s phone buzzed. Abel was calling. He answered, flatly saying. “Talk.”
“Mr. Abraham, he showed up.”
That one word–he–instantly wiped away the tenderness Abraham had just shown Stella, replacing it with a cold, sharp edge.
He let out a faint “Mm” before hanging up. Then he looked down at Stella lying in bed and gently brushed her hair from her forehead. “Get some rest. I’ll be back in a bit.”
“You’re going out?”
“Yeah. I’ll be back within two hours.”
The way he emphasized the time felt just like a husband checking in with his wife before heading
out.
Stella’s heart warmed.
Abraham left.
The moment she was alone, her phone buzzed loudly.
It was Tessa. Stella answered the call. “Tessa? You still have the energy to keep up with all this drama?”
So much had happened in just the last couple of days.
Victor said she actually fainted from the shock. But somehow, even all the way over in Falvaria, she was still keeping up with the drama in Rivermount.
“Of course I do!” Tessa snapped. “I’m losing it over here! Can’t I check out the chaos and distract myself for a bit? Don’t even start on my mess. Come on, spill the tea!”
Stella was surprised. Well, okay then. If chatting about gossip helped Tessa chill out, that was actually kind of reassuring.
“You have no idea how terrifying Victor really is. I mean it, I really–Ugh, forget it. If I keep talking about him, I might faint again.”
Just thinking about what Victor dragged her into sent chills down her spine. The whole scene had been absolutely horrifying.
“Okay, okay, we won’t talk about him,” Stella said softly, trying to soothe her.
When Abraham said Victor had taken Tessa to face the Dawne family in person, Stella knew right away—it had to be even worse than the chans at Rivermount Airnort
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Still, she had to give it to Tessa. She’d fainted from fear, and now she was cracking jokes and holding herself together. That kind of grit wasn’t easy to come by.
Tessa quickly changed the subject. “Yo, can we talk about Rebecca? She’s seriously out here going head–to–head with the entire Reed family!”
The way she was acting, she looked like she was ready to risk it all.
“No kidding,” Stella agreed. “She really is.”
The whole Reed family was siding with Lillian, and Rebecca had been raising hell over it. She’s actually taking on the entire Reed family by herself!
Tessa let out a sharp laugh. “She’s intense–I kind of respect it. But seriously, what pushed her over the edge today? She was about to jump off a building with her kid in her arms. I mean, I don’t think dragging the kid into it was right, but with the Reed family, you’ve got to go to extremes if you want to get anywhere. You have to play hardball with people like that. Looks like they finally met their match–she’s thrown the whole family into total chaos.”
Just talking about the Reed family got Tessa all fired up.
Even back when Stella was tangled up with the Reed family, she never came out on the losing side. Things got messy, sure, but she held her ground and never let them get the upper hand.
But now that she’d completely cut ties, and the Reed family was still falling apart? Yeah… that was karma doing its thing.
Sure, Stella had held her own back then, but the way the Reed family treated her still left Tessa feeling bitter for her.
But now? Now things were different.
Rebecca had nothing to do with any of them, and yet she was out there blowing up the entire Reed family. Watching it unfold? Incredibly satisfying.
Stella could hear the smug delight in Tessa’s voice. She thought for a moment, then said, “It’s probably because of the medical bills–like, tens of millions.”
“Tens of millions?” Tessa practically screamed. “Wait, for real? Medical bills? Are you telling me they actually found a way to save Lillian? Oh my God–please don’t let her survive.”
Someone like Lillian deserved to suffer and die slowly.
Kind of, Stella said.
“Wait, so they really found something?” Tessa’s voice dropped, clearly disappointed.
“But even if they did, it doesn’t really change anything.” Stella said. “It just gives them a little. hope.”
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Tessa groaned. “Can you just explain it all at once? My nerves are shot.”
Seeing how impatient she was, Stella let out a soft, helpless laugh. “Rianne came back. She went to see Lillian at the Reed family’s house.”
“What? Why would she go see Lillian? Did something happen while I was gone? Why the hell would Rianne go check on Lillian?” Tessa was fully fired up now, her voice edging toward furious.
Lately, the Reed family had been completely backed into a corner–no hospital would admit them, and no doctor dared go near them.
In Tessa’s eyes, that was justice. They were getting exactly what they deserved.
And now Stella was saying Rianne actually went to visit Lillian?
Unbelievable.
