Chapter 176 Edmund And Ashley
Edmund comes on a Sunday.
He calls ahead. He always calls ahead now, not the formal lawyer-channelled communication of before, just him, his voice, asking whether Sunday afternoon works. It does. We tell him yes.
He arrives at two.
I open the door with Ashley in my arms.
She is awake and in one ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 THE ICE DOESN’T LIE
2. Chapter 2 His office, His Rules
3. Chapter 3 What He Really Thinks
4. Chapter 4 Two Years Of Almost
5. Chapter 5 THE GALA
6. Chapter 6 Something Is Wrong
7. Chapter 7 The Night She Can’t Take Back
8. Chapter 8 He Doesn’t Remember
9. Chapter 9 Two Lines
10. Chapter 10 THE WRONG MOMENT
11. Chapter 11 Sasha Knows
12. Chapter 12 The Photo
13. Chapter 13 Damage Control
14. Chapter 14 The Competition
15. Chapter 15 The Leak
16. Chapter 16 The Silence After
17. Chapter 17 Beckett Calculates
18. Chapter 18 The Proposal
19. Chapter 19 Her Answer
20. Chapter 20 Terms And Conditions
21. Chapter 21 What She Won’t Sign
22. Chapter 22 The First Real Conversation
23. Chapter 23 Telling Her Mother
24. Chapter 24 MOVING IN
25. Chapter 25 Learning To Exist
26. Chapter 26 The Courthouse
27. Chapter 27 Eleven Minutes
28. Chapter 28 Mrs Hargrove
29. Chapter 29 EDMUND
30. Chapter 30 What She Found
31. Chapter 31 The Unknown Number
32. Chapter 32 Watching Him
33. Chapter 33 His Mother Calls
34. Chapter 34 Morning Routines
35. Chapter 35 The First Appointment
36. Chapter 36 The Lie She Keeps
37. Chapter 37 The Nursery
38. Chapter 38 Callum Hargrove
39. Chapter 39 Half Truths
40. Chapter 40 Rourke
41. Chapter 41 Training Through It
42. Chapter 42 PETRA
43. Chapter 43 He Comes
44. Chapter 44 The Report
45. Chapter 45 The Dinner
46. Chapter 46 Inside The Lion’s Den
47. Chapter 47 Edmund
48. Chapter 48 Callum’s Game
49. Chapter 49 The Drive Home
50. Chapter 50 Halfway
51. Chapter 51 Sasha Visits
52. Chapter 52 His Version Of Care
53. Chapter 53 The Article
54. Chapter 54 Floor Level
55. Chapter 55 The Wall Cracks
56. Chapter 56 Rourke’s Second Report
57. Chapter 57 Petra Strikes
58. Chapter 58 The Press Conference
59. Chapter 59 Almost
60. Chapter 60 What He Knows
61. Chapter 61 The Truth On The Table
62. Chapter 62 The Closed Door
63. Chapter 63 2AM
64. Chapter 64 Morning After
65. Chapter 65 Beckett At Work
66. Chapter 66 THE WILL
67. Chapter 67 What Callum Knows
68. Chapter 68 Making It Look Real
69. Chapter 69 Real Answers
70. Chapter 70 Rourke Exposed
71. Chapter 71 Confronting Rourke
72. Chapter 72 What Rourke Knows
73. Chapter 73 Silence On The Line
74. Chapter 74 The Headline
75. Chapter 75 Everything Exposed
76. Chapter 76 Someone On The Inside
77. Chapter 77 Callum’s Version
78. Chapter 78 Neve’s Move
79. Chapter 79 He Finds Out
80. Chapter 80 Edmund Calls
81. Chapter 81 Neve Sees It
82. Chapter 82 First Movement
83. Chapter 83 The Morning It Changes
84. Chapter 84 MARGARET
85. Chapter 85 The Second Agreement
86. Chapter 86 Callum’s Legal Challenge
87. Chapter 87 He Finds Out Again
88. Chapter 88 The Deposition
89. Chapter 89 Petra Again
90. Chapter 90 Cracks Between Them
91. Chapter 91 The Distance Returns
92. Chapter 92 The Argument
93. Chapter 93 What He Said
94. Chapter 94 She Knocks
95. Chapter 95 Inside His Room
96. Chapter 96 Her Turn
97. Chapter 97 What He Remembers
98. Chapter 98 The Notification
99. Chapter 99 What He Means
100. Chapter 100 Her Mother’s House
101. Chapter 101 What Beckett Said
102. Chapter 102 Separated
103. Chapter 103 Beckett Alone
104. Chapter 104 The Legal Battle Escalates
105. Chapter 105 He Comes To Her
106. Chapter 106 At The Table
107. Chapter 107 The Photo Album
108. Chapter 108 Coming Home
109. Chapter 109 Dara’s Confession
110. Chapter 110 What Dara Knew
111. Chapter 111 It Was Dara
112. Chapter 112 Edmund’s Summons
113. Chapter 113 The Estate Again
114. Chapter 114 Neve Speaks
115. Chapter 115 The Second Agreement Surfaces
116. Chapter 116 Public Fallout
117. Chapter 117 Defending Margaret
118. Chapter 118 The Health Scare
119. Chapter 119 He Runs
120. Chapter 120 The Room
121. Chapter 121 Staying
122. Chapter 122 Home Again
123. Chapter 123 Not Practical
124. Chapter 124 Callum’s Ultimatum
125. Chapter 125 What He Decides
126. Chapter 126 Father And Son
127. Chapter 127 Neve Waits
128. Chapter 128 He Listens
129. Chapter 129 What Edmund Offered
130. Chapter 130 His Answer
131. Chapter 131 Not Finished
132. Chapter 132 Together Means Together
133. Chapter 133 Offence
134. Chapter 134 Why Her
135. Chapter 135 The Night Before
136. Chapter 136 Rebuilding Margret
137. Chapter 137 The Morning
138. Chapter 138 Hargrove Enterprises
139. Chapter 139 The Boardroom
140. Chapter 140 Beckett Speaks
141. Chapter 141 Edmund’s Moment
142. Chapter 142 Callum’s Exit
143. Chapter 143 After
144. Chapter 144 Edmund’s Words
145. Chapter 145 Meeting Margaret
146. Chapter 146 Neve Sees
147. Chapter 147 What She Wants
148. Chapter 148 Pulled Over
149. Chapter 149 She Says It Back
150. Chapter 150 Something Real
151. Chapter 151 Callum’s Last Move
152. Chapter 152 Her Voice
153. Chapter 153 The Withdrawal
154. Chapter 154 Coming Home Again
155. Chapter 155 Wedding Plan
156. Chapter 156 Just Here
157. Chapter 157 DARA’S GOODBYE
158. Chapter 158 Edmund’s Visit
159. Chapter 159 Edmund And Margaret
160. Chapter 160 The Last Rink morning
161. Chapter 161 He Came
162. Chapter 162 The Wedding
163. Chapter 163 After The Wedding
164. Chapter 164 It’s Time
165. Chapter 165 Baby Ashley
166. Chapter 166 The Morning After
167. Chapter 167 Margret Meets Ashley
168. Chapter 168 Diane Meets Ashley
169. Chapter 169 Going Home
170. Chapter 170 The First Night
171. Chapter 171 Callum’s Silence
172. Chapter 172 The Threat
173. Chapter 173 Neve’s Response
174. Chapter 174 The Test
175. Chapter 175 Confirmed
176. Chapter 176 Edmund And Ashley
177. Chapter 177 Small Steps
178. Chapter 178 Neve Returns To The Ice
179. Chapter 179 What Sasha Got
180. Chapter 180 Sasha Leaves
181. Chapter 181 She Tells Him
182. Chapter 182 He Tells Her
183. Chapter 183 The First Time
184. Chapter 184 Building New
185. Chapter 185 The Interview
186. Chapter 186 What She Would Say
187. Chapter 187 Callum’s Last Appearance
188. Chapter 188 Ashley At Three Months
189. Chapter 189 Sunday
190. Chapter 190 The Harrington Again
191. Chapter 191 Training
192. Chapter 192 The Night Before The Harrington
193. Chapter 193 The Competition
194. Chapter 194 The Score
195. Chapter 195 After
196. Chapter 196 One Year Later
197. Chapter 197 The Last Morning
198. Chapter 198 The Life We Built
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