Chapter 85: Nothing More
Before she could finish, the line went dead. Ivy had hung up unable to hear Elizabeth carry on about Ruby.
Elizabeth stared at the phone, disbelief quickly morphing into fury. "Unbelievable," she hissed under her breath, slamming the phone down on the table.
So that’s how it’s going to be?
She stood still for a moment, heart racing, eyes narrowed. Regina. She’d be next.
Elizabeth squared her shoulders and reached for her coat. She wasn’t going to wait for the truth to find her anymore. She was going to hunt it down, dig it out, and bring her son back the one thing he truly loved.
Ruby Quinn—and the child she carried.
No more lies. No more games and if Regina or Ivy tried to get in her way again, this time, they’d feel the full weight of a Winters mother’s wrath.
Elizabeth didn’t wait for a driver. She got into her car, hands gripping the wheel with a tension that mirrored her soul. The engine roared to life, but it didn’t drown the noise in her head.
Ruby, the girl she’d betrayed was pregnant. Her son was heartbroken. And somewhere in between, two women who should’ve protected Ruby had driven her away instead. She could understand why she’d easily been able to betray her but them? It was hard to tell why.
The cold morning wind whipped through the cracked window as she sped across Zeden’s streets. For the first time in what seemed like ages, Elizabeth Winters wasn’t operating behind polite smiles or veiled intentions. She was a woman on a mission, and that mission had a name—Ruby Quinn. To find her, and restore her relationship with her son.
She arrived at Regina Quinn’s home fifteen minutes later, barely giving the house a glance before she was striding up the front steps. Her coat flared around her like a cloak of war. Without hesitation, she rang the bell and waited, jaw clenched tight.
The door opened after a moment, and Regina appeared, wrapped in a silk robe, eyes puffy from sleep—or guilt or maybe both.