The Trap

 

Anderson 

Kelly was pacing every inch of the room, her arms crossed tightly over her chest. Her determination burned through the chaos  like wildfire, her focus entirely on Aiden. Even now, with everything crumbling around us, she was still the same woman I’d fallen in love with—tenacious, selfless, and extremely beautiful.  

And I had destroyed her.  

I sat on the edge of a worn leather chair, my hands clasped in front of me as guilt and regret consumed me. Evelyn, my mother had betrayed me. Kate, the woman I thought I could trust, had used me. But Kelly… she had never betrayed me.  

The realization hit me like...