Chapter 10
After that day, Matthew completely lost the Hartoff family’s trust.
But Hartoff Group, a century–old giant with deep roots, didn’t collapse. It held.
Only now, someone else sat in the CEO’s chair. Matthew was stripped of all power.
He stopped appearing in public.
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Rumor had it, he tortured Tiffany in every way imaginable.
Screams echoed nightly from the Hartoff’s residence.
Until the court ruled on both my mother’s case and the arson trial.
When Tiffany was escorted into the police car, it was the first time the press and victims‘ families saw her again.
Her body was covered in layers of burns, barely a patch of intact skin.
In the crowd, her eyes locked onto mine instantly.
But when she saw the wedding dress I wore, she lost it. “Shannon! You think you’ve won? You ruined me! Dad will never love you again!
“You destroyed Matthew, too! Your life will never be whole!”
I laughed genuinely. I then asked, feeling puzzled, “Why would I fight for
the love of two losers?”
In the next moment, 99 Maybachs from the Quinn family rolled toward
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Tiffany widened her eyes, unwilling to accept it. She tried to get a better look but was shoved roughly into the police car.
Jordan walked toward me, backlit by the sun.
He patiently held Laura’s hand, who still limped slightly, but her face glowed with joy.
Even now, I couldn’t say with certainty that Jordan would hold our hands through hospital corridors, quiet garden paths, or the storms of life.
But one thing I knew for sure, Matthew won’t be on that path again.
By the roadside, a little boy looked up and asked, “Mommy, is that the fairy who used to live on the top floor of Central Park Tower? The one on TV with the perfect love story?”
The young mother bent down and gently patted his head.
“Silly boy. There’s no such thing as perfect love. Even Central Park Tower burned to ash.”
The boy shook his head, full of certainty.
“No way! If I love someone, I’ll be good to her forever!”
The crowd around them chuckled softly.
Tower.
One hundred stories high, yet it took only seven
Just enough time to take one last look-
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At Quinn’s garden below, glowing with warm yellow lights. So much like the warmth he once promised her, down on one knee, a lifetime ago.
The end.
