Chapter 167: To be Abandoned.

And somewhere deep in the hollows of his shattered psyche, Ben realized he no longer cared to decipher it. The family he had once loved and looked up to with unconditional adoration was severed...broken beyond all hope of repair. Martin Jones felt the tension gradually begin to seep from his body as he settled back against the crisp hospital pillows. The past few hours had been utterly surreal - being visited by the detectives, recounting every agonizing detail of Gina's betrayal, learning that she had already made an attempt on his life through a hired hitman. But the officers' parting words had brought him a sense of relief he hadn't realized he so desperately needed to hear. "We've got them both in custody now, Mr. Jones," Detective Carr had stated in a tone of grim satisfaction. "Your wife and her accomplice are going away for a long time for what they put you through." Knowing that Gina was finally facing real consequences for her deplorable actions helped to ease the lingeri