A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1183

A low, muffled sob came through the speaker.

Fairfax frowned, his sharp, interrogative edge softening just a fraction. "What's wrong?"

She was still his sister. Hearing her cry so brokenly made a slight twinge pull at his chest. But that fleeting sympathy only amplified the hollow void Starla had left behind.

He remembered when Starla used to cry for him back in Marina City, devastated over Brinley. And how had he reacted? He had offered zero comfort, simply abandoning her to head back to his family estate. If he had cared about her tears back then, they probably wouldn't have ended up in this nightmare.

The thought made it hard to breathe.

"Stop crying!" he commanded coldly. He hadn't valued Starla's tears, and now, he wouldn't tolerate them from his own family either.

"They're gone. They're all gone!" Susanna choked out.

Fairfax's heart skipped a violent beat.

"What's gone?"

The words triggered a creeping sense of dread that instantly filled his chest.

"Yardley is a monster! He killed everyone. The entire family..." Susanna broke down, unable to finish the sentence.

Fairfax went completely numb. A loud ringing filled his ears, and in that split second, all the color drained from his world.

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