A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1316

That was her definitive answer. The door was slammed shut, locked, and the key thrown away.

Hearing those words, Herbert felt his heart plunge into an icy abyss.

"Starla—"

"I have to go." The line went dead before he could get another word out.

Herbert sat in the back of the car, listening to the dial tone, his grip on the phone tightening until his knuckles turned white.

It was over. Without any warning.

Just days ago, there had been a sliver of hope. Now, she had crushed it into dust.

In the driver's seat, Rudolf looked back, visibly shocked. "But... everything was fine two days ago. How did it...?"

He couldn't even finish the sentence. They had been having dinner together. She had been taking his calls.

Herbert rubbed his aching temples. "It's Mr. Hoggart. He got to her."

Ever since Starla returned to Maxlandia, Herbert knew the biggest obstacle wouldn't just be keeping her safe from Yardley. It was Elmer. In the patriarch's eyes, Herbert was utterly unworthy of his daughter.

The absolute finality of it all was agonizing. Herbert opened his messaging app, typing out a desperate text to her. But after a few seconds, he backspaced the entire paragraph. She didn't want to read it. She hated these emotional displays; she had made that perfectly clear in Smaro Town.

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