He Broke Every Rule for Her, Except When It Came to Me Chapter 08

He Broke Every Rule for Her, Except When It Came to Me Chapter 08

So this whole thing-all of it-had been Bianca’s doing.

If it hadn’t been for her déliberate frame-up, Elena’s grandparents would still be alive.

Something sharp twisted in his chest. He walked straight toward the group.

The color drained from their faces the moment they saw him..

Bianca reached for his sleeve. He wrenched it away.

“Damiano, it’s not… please, let me explain…”

He looked at her with nothing but disgust.

“You’re going to pay for this. All of it!”

Within days, he had her arrested on fraud and slander charges.

But for what her scheme had cost-two lives-that wasn’t going to be the end of it.

In lockup, someone made sure she was “taken care of” daily.

She turned up covered in bruises, huddled in the corner of her cell, flinching at every sound, begging.

“Stay away… please, don’t hit me… please…”

Eventually her mind broke completely. She was committed to a state psychiatric facility.

For days afterward, a heavy silence hung over Vitale Shipping.

No one dared put a foot wrong.

A manager’s weekly report barely made it through the office door before a cold reprimand followed

“This is a week’s worth of work? I hired you to solve problems, not create them! Redo it!”

The man scurried out, humiliated.

Behind closed doors, Damiano pressed his fingers to his temple and picked up the phone.

“Any word on Elena?”

He’d had men searching for weeks. Nothing.

The dread in his chest kept climbing,

“Nothing yet, Don. Her movements keep changing. We can’t pin down a location.”

“Push harder. Find her!”

Half a month later, word finally came through.

He had my location.