CHAPTER 355: A GLIMPSE OF SUNSHINE

Carol sat in her brother's car, her eyes fixed on the road ahead. "I can't believe I was so blind," she muttered, her voice tight with emotion. George reached out and put a hand on her arm. "You weren't blind, Carol. Monroe is a master manipulator. He fooled a lot of people." She shook her head. "But I should have listened to you. You tried to warn me more than once." She glanced at him briefly before turning her gaze back ahead. He sighed and said, "You are right. I did warn you to be careful, but you're young and in love." "I was also naive and stupid, thinking a man like that could ever truly love me." Something about the way she said those words pierced his heart painfully. "You weren't stupid," he started. "And you see the part about you not deserving of his love? Take that back right now. Carol, that guy looks like a sloth and a koala mated and procreated," he added firmly and was immediately rewarded with a slight upward tilt of her lips. "You and the other ladies he duped