Betrayed By Husband, Stolen By Brother In Law

Spencer stood outside the hospital, taking a long, steady breath. The air was stale, but he needed a moment to collect himself. There was no avoiding it now. He was going to have to confess to the entire fiasco.

How he had planned it all out. How he had convinced himself it was the only way. Teaming up with Saira, helping her disappear while framing Melanie and getting rid of Adam for good. It had all seemed so clean, so final in his head.

But everything had gone wrong. Disastrously wrong. Just as the old man had predicted when he knew what he had done.

Now he was left with nothing but consequences and the quiet dread sitting heavy in his chest. He could already picture the look on the man’s face. The disbelief, the rage and the ’ I told you so’ expression. He would be furious and probably rightfully so. But what choice did Spencer have? It wasn’t as if he could undo what had happened.

But then Spencer shrugged, almost to himself. So what if he had failed this time? There would always be another opportunity. There always was. He had made mistakes-fine-but mistakes could be corrected. Rerouted. This wasn’t the end of anything.

Besides, what could the old man really do now? Sir Robert Collins was already in a hospital bed, clinging to life. The machines were probably doing most of the work. If this was the end, then

Spencer was the one left standing. He was the only heir. The estate, the money, the company—it would all be his, regardless of how angry his father had been. And even if he wasn’t dying now, he would soon and still, he would be the only heir.

He exhaled again, slower this time, and was about to head inside when he spotted a familiar figure near the hospital entrance. A man in a tailored grey suit, carrying a leather briefcase. It was Dalton, his grandfather’s longtime lawyer.

Spencer stepped forward quickly, intercepting him just before he reached his own car. Why was he here? He intercepted the old man with a calm smile, "Mr Dalton, didn’t expect to see you here. Were you here to see another client?"