Avery sent him a photo. [Your dad can no longer control me and Elliot.]

Sebastian opened the photo and instantly realized what it was. [How's Elliot?]

[He's alive.]

[So this whole thing was a lie?]

[Yeah.]

[I knew it, and I think deep down, my dad knew it as well. He just wants to make money through his technology, and he does not want the truth to get out.]

[I know. I won't let him make money out of this.]

[Do as you please. I don't care.]

Avery had only texted him to keep him posted and didn't care what he intend to do in the future.

Neither of them owed the other one anymore.

Avery stepped out of the bathroom and Layla was already asleep. She walked to the bed and touched Layla on the forehead. Her daughter seemed to have grown up to be a young woman without her noticing it.

Avery wished that she could just hit the pause button so that she could have more time with her children.

It would be daylight soon, and Mrs. Cooper woke Layla up for school.

Layla leaped from bed a