Bleeding 12
1/1 177 Rodney’s POVE 12 I whipped around in shock–only to see a video of me and Harper playing across the massive screen.” In the footage, her face was flushed, her expression unmistakably intimate, while my body pressed over hers.” One glance was enough for anyone to understand exactly what we were doing.” The clip was brief. I hadn’t even had time to feel anger before the images changed.” Now it was a slideshow–photo after photo of me and Harper, each one showing us together, hand in hand, with a small child beside us whose face was pixelated.” Even the dates were thoughtfully labeled in the corner of each image. Before I could process this, another barrage hit me–a flood of text messages flashing across the screen.” Thousands upon thousands of them. Every single one sent from Harper, filled with provocation and bad intentions. [Do you have any idea how lost in me Rodney becomes? Have you never been able to satisfy him?] [Oh, I forgot to tell you–Rodney and I already have a child. He’s three years old, just two years younger than your son. That little bastard of yours should feel honored to die for my boy.]” [I advise you to be smart and leave quickly. Otherwise, I’ll have Rodney kill your daughter too. After all, he doesn’t love you or your child, does he?] [By the way, Rodney promised me and my son that the Laurents’s heir will only ever be my boy. Even if you give birth to a few more, none of them will live. Because that’s how pathetic you are–you’ll never win your husband’s love!]} There were more–viler words still–that I couldn’t even bring myself to read. I had never imagined Harper capable of this side. To me, she…