Chapter 147

That way, Zach would not be able to harm her in the process of getting back at Hayson.

At this moment, Madelyn seemed to have a sudden realization. In the past, she had not even left Ventropolis. Zach had kept her caged like a canary, trapped in a hollow shell of a marriage. She had become narrow-minded and lacked much wisdom. This might be her only chance.

Madelyn filled out her college applications, with Ventropolis University as her first choice. She had already decided that before graduating college, she planned to study abroad without Hayson’s knowledge and might return after three to five years. Even if Hayson cut off her financial support, she planned to be able to stand on her own feet by then. Perhaps by the time. she returned, Hayson would have forgotten about her. Or maybe Hayson would be dead, and the Jent family fortune would be in Zach’s hands. Regardless, she would probably be in Rodale State, or maybe Sandspring, enjoying the most beautiful polar nights.

would not necessarily occur again. “Perhaps,” she mused, “my destiny has already shifted. If I hadn’t stepped in, Jadie would’ve lived a good life, marrying Zach, having kids, even soothing the regrets and pain Zach carries from his previous life. But now, all I have to do is hold on, just three more years. And

the classroom. The 45-minute lesson was almost over. The back row, originally quite empty,

someone had

had no idea what happened while she was gone.

become Ventropolis’s top scorer this year, but she insisted on switching classes. She was already having a hard time dealing with Zach, and at school, she was bullied by Forrest;

noticed Forrest was sitting right behind Jadie, with only Adrian and an aisle

teacher never kept the class late. As soon as the bell

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