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Iron. That was the first thing I tasted. Not fear, not bile, but the distinct, rusted tang of iron flooding the back of my throat before my brain could even register the physics of the impact. It wasn\u2019t a crime of passion; there was no heat in it. It was a calculated, kinetic dismissal, executed with the cold precision of a demolition expert bringing down a condemned building.<\/span><\/p>\n

I found myself splayed across the kitchen floor of our sprawling, twenty-million-dollar estate. My left cheek was pressed against the\u00a0<\/span>Carrara<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0marble, the stone so aggressively cold it felt like it was burning the skin right off my face.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI told you not to check my phone,\u00a0<\/span>Isabella<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Julian\u2019s<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0voice didn\u2019t boom. It didn\u2019t crack with rage. It sounded distant, muffled, as if he were speaking to me from the summit of a mountain I was too weak to climb.<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried to push myself up, but a sharp, lacerating agony ribboned through my side, stealing my breath. I was seven months pregnant. Inside me, two innocent lives\u2014my twins\u2014were thrashing in a panic that mirrored my own. Instinct bypassed logic; I curled into a fetal ball, wrapping my bruised arms around my distended belly, acting as a desperate human shield while hot, saline tears mixed with the blood smearing the pristine white floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Iron. That was the first thing I tasted. Not fear, not bile, but the distinct, rusted tang of iron flooding the back of my throat before my brain could even register the physics of the impact. It wasn\u2019t a crime of passion; there was no heat in it. It was a calculated, kinetic dismissal, executed…<\/p>\n

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