Revenge and Redemption: Aaron's Tale of Resilience

Chapter hundred thirty -four

“That wasn't part of the deal! I won't sit still and watch you sully my plans.” Aaron, curious, stood still behind Anna's door as he eavesdropped on her conversation.

Anna, of recently, barely made a noise around the house, her voice had become a silent whisper. So Aaron, afraid that she might have hurt herself again, decided to check up on his ex-wife.

She hissed into the phone but was rewarded with a disconnected sound from the other end of the line.

Aaron, after a while of waiting in hiding, hoping to hear a hint of the puzzled call, came out of the shadows. “Hope I am not intruding?” He made his presence known to Anna, who did a poor job of masking her undiluted fury. “Aaron,” Anna called out to him in between stutters and concealed shock.

Anna hoped to heaven that Aaron did not eavesdrop on her conversation with Henry, if not, she was screwed. The game of tango, she played with the old man, had become a comical circus, void of hubris.

She had no idea he intended to execute a m