柜 Chapter 11 Herbert shoved me into the car , driving straight toward the airport . Halfway there , his phone lit up with a video call . On the screen , Stella sat bound to a chair , a baby clutched in her arms . On the screen , a knife glinted at Stella's throat , held by the man I once trusted with my life . " Let Julia go ! Otherwise , you'll never see your wife and child again ! " Herbert's face didn't flicker . He even let out a laugh . " Do whatever you want . Together , they're not worth a single strand of my Julia's hair . " On the other end , Stella's eyes widened in shock , despair draining the last strength from her body . Herbert hung up the call without hesitation . His gaze , feverish and obsessed , locked back onto me . " No one can interrupt us now . He had gone completely mad . When the car screeched to a halt at the airport entrance , several vehicles boxed us in from all directions . Doors flew open . Josh Robinson leapt out with a team of men . " Herbert , let go of my sister ! " Gunfire cracked almost instantly . Chaos exploded . Herbert dragged me behind him , shielding me with his own body from the hail of stray bullets . A muffled groan escaped him as blood spread dark across his shoulder , but he barely seemed to notice . Clutching my wrist , he tried to pull me through the chaos toward the terminal . " Julia , don't be afraid . I'll take you home ! " I tore myself free with every ounce of strength left in me . " Herbert , we don't have a home anymore . We can never go back . " His face was ashen , but he still reached for me , stubborn and trembling . " Julia , please ... Let's go home . Let's fix this . " I met his eyes , unflinching . " Herbert , if I had ever lost control and gone after Stella , would you have killed Josh in front of me and then killed me too ? " His pupils shrank His lips parted , fumbling for denial . " I - I would never - The same lies , always the same . Lies for me , lies for Stella . Josh rushed to my side , gun raised at Herbert . " Sis , let me end him ! " I seized the gun from his hands and lifted it myself . The muzzle leveled at Herbert's right hand . Bang His body jerked , eyes widening in disbelief as blood and flesh tore across his palm . He looked back at me , shattered shock swimming in his gaze " You crippled one of my hands . I've given one back to you . Berbert , from this moment on we're even . " Chauger 11 100.00 % MUONABLED'S Dreame - Read Romance Stories Wren Euralized to feelings , he had lost her forever ! 44 * FREE Installed Open Novels reading of right " Julia ! Don't leave me- " His scream tore from his throat , a beast's cry of despair , clawing for me as though drowning . I never looked back . Two years later , on a sun - drenched afternoon in Paris , I crossed paths with Stella . She was thinner than before , holding the hand of a little girl, two or three years old , her round eyes wide with innocent curiosity . Blue " I came to finish my degree , " Stella said , her voice calmer , steadier , stripped of the timidity she once wore . I smiled faintly , inclining my head to her and the child . The storms of blood and fire , the tangled knots of love and hate , in time , all of it had faded into the river of memory , scattered and gone . Chapter 1 Divorce