Chapter 65 Slow Recovery and Rising Tensions.

Kai's recovery was slow but steady, every waking day bringing small victories that fed me hope for the future. The doctors were optimistic, saying that with continued therapy, he might fully gain his mobility back. But as Kai fought back for strength, another challenge was rising up on the horizon, one that might blow away everything that we had worked so hard to build. It was an afternoon—the quiet part of the day—when I received a message from Marcus. At home and around the dining table, I was going through some of Lily's schoolwork, trying to maintain a front of normalcy for her—the closest thing to it—within the chaos that had gobbled our lives. My phone went off, and the name that popped on the screen sent chills through me. Marcus. I dreadfully and angrily opened the message. "Vanessa, you and Kai got yourself into all this. You refused my offer last year, and now this is what you get. I will take everything away from him, his business, his reputation and his legacy. Just a m