Chapter 6

I bit my lip, blaming myself for being fooled by Curtis's sweet gestures, thinking he was someone I could really rely on.

I never realized he had an agenda from the very start, even in the way he got close to me.

But I was just an idiot, believing that was what love looked like.

"Curtis, you should hurry up and get the house signed over to you," Hadley urged.

"Mom, what's the point? She's as good as dead, and there's no one else to claim it. The house is basically mine already. Why bother with all that paperwork? It's…