Chapter 23
“You’re insane.”
After the nurse left, Justin collapsed onto the cold floor.
He stared at his still–bleeding wound.
The fever hadn’t broken completely, leaving him utterly miserable.
Too weak to get up, he lay there half–conscious, thoughts drifting to Janet.
Early in their relationship, he’d fallen gravely ill.
Janet had tirelessly cared for him.
That illness nearly claimed his life.
So severe he’d believed he wouldn’t survive.
During their happiest, uncomplicated days,
Janet stayed by his side day and night without changing clothes.
Whenever Justin opened his eyes,
he’d find Janet with eyes red and swollen.
During rare lucid moments, Justin summoned a lawyer to draft a will.
Janet’s name filled the document.
She tore it to shreds upon discovering it.
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For days afterward, she refused to speak to him.
Only when his condition worsened did she drop the subject,
though she glared fiercely at Justin.
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Through gritted teeth she warned, “Justin Nelson, if you ever insult me
like that again, I’ll walk out and disappear forever.”
Seeing her determined expression, Justin knew then:
This woman owned his heart completely.
Yet years later, Justin inexplicably strayed.
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That’s when he met Helen.
In her, he saw the Janet of years past.
Justin convinced himself:
One small detour wouldn’t derail their years together.
Janet would understand.
In their elite social circles,
keeping mistresses was commonplace.
However fond he grew of Helen,
she’d never threaten Janet’s position.
Even those divorce papers could be revoked anytime.
Justin believed everything remained under control.
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Her story echoed Janet’s own sister’s ordeal.
This made Janet Johnson determined to assist her.
If she could bring the perpetrator to justice
for
that young woman.
