Chapter 104 The Revenge Of The Bat

• She was transformed into a volcano, feeling the lava course through her body, leaving bubbling trails in its wake. Everything Leonard had told her had processed into anger, fury, an urge to scream. But her throat was closed; they had grown tired of mocking her, using her, lying to her, taking her for a fool.
• How had she not realized? How did she miss the artificial smiles, the calculated words, the sideways glances? She lied to her face from the day she met her - was it out of fear that a man would leave her? And not only that, she used her like a puppet, crying inconsolably, begging her; she had brought her close to Daniel only to snatch him away.
• Laura, the shy and innocent, eternally in love with her sweet Harry. With her gentle movements and velvet words; all her thanks had been false. "Thank you, Deanna." Thank you? Thank you for not noticing, for letting yourself be deceived so easily? She had rushed with her to the hospital when Emma was born, but perhaps... perhaps her concern wasn't for the child but for losing what tied her to Harry?