That was the final straw before I snapped.
I shoved her, hard, sending her stumbling back, almost falling into the fire..
“Are you crazy?!” she screeched, eyes wide with panic.
“Zoe!”
Travis’s voice ripped through the night, sharp and furious.
He ran toward me, and before I could react, he slapped me across the face.
The impact sent my head snapping to the side, my skin burning.
Madison gasped, clutching her chest like she was the victim.
“I—I didn’t mean to,” he stammered, reaching for me. “Zoe, please. I just… I lost control. I’m sorry.” “I just… Madison’s father… I can’t lose this deal. You understand, right? You always understand.”
He turned back to Madison, brushing soot off her skin, checking her like she was made of glass.
I stood there, blood dripping down my lip, watching them like they were strangers.
Travis didn’t look at me when he called the private medical team.
I didn’t cry.not in front of them at least.I’ll let myself break later but not now.
I walked out of the estate, my heels scraping against the pavement as the night swallowed me whole.
Travis’s voice echoed from the house, frantic and desperate as he called for help.
I climbed into my car, slamming the door shut. My hands tremble. The taste of ash lingered on my tongue, bitter and unforgiving.
I just picked up my phone and dialed a number , one I thought I would never have to use.
It rang once.
“Lear Corporation.” A man’s voice, smooth and emotionless.
I stared at the mansion in my rearview mirror, watching Travis kneel beside Madison like she was the only thing in the world that mattered.
I pressed my lips together, voice steady as stone.
“I want to disappear,” I said.
A beat of silence.
“Understood,” the man replied. “When can you come in?”
I wiped my face, smudging the streaks of soot and dried tears, and turned the key in the ignition.
“Tonight.”
The body washed up at dawn.
The police found her car abandoned by the cliffs. The engine still warm.
Inside, a letter rested on the passenger seat, the ink slightly smudged from damp air.
I know you never loved me.
You killed my mother and married me out of guilt.
I hope Madison was worth it.
-Zoe
The internet exploded within hours.
#JusticeForZoe trended globally.
Articles dissected every detail of their marriage, headlines screaming betrayal:
“Travis Harper Wife Dies in Apparent Suicide Amid Rumors of Infidelity”
“Was Zoe Hart Pushed to the Edge?”