THE DIVORCE GAMBIT From Dumped Wife to CEO's Forever novel Chapter 1215

Inside the hospital room, Elsa lay on the bed, her eyes lighting up as a figure walked through the door. "Catie! You're finally here! I knew it, I knew you'd come for me!"

"You've already arranged for my new identity abroad, right? When are we leaving? I can't stand another second in this place!"

In Elsa's mind, the fact that Caitlin had come to see her meant that everything was already taken care of.

Abroad? A new identity?

Caitlin looked at her. "You think I'm here to get you out?"

"Aren't you?" Elsa pressed. "Catie, we're best friends. Everything I did in the past was wrong, I admit it! This is no time for jokes, please!"

"I'm here to persuade you to tell them where you hid the bodies," Caitlin said, her voice cool and distant. "Elsa, there's no turning back for you now."

Elsa's face went white, and her voice dropped to a whisper. "If you never planned on getting me out, on giving me a new identity, then why did you save me?"

Caitlin met her gaze, speaking each word with chilling clarity. "I saved you because I didn't want you to escape justice by dying so easily."

Boom.

Elsa felt her world shatter. Her last, single thread of hope had just been severed.

Why? Why was everyone treating her this way?

She had thought Caitlin saved her because she valued their friendship. But in the end, it was only because Caitlin wanted her to suffer, not to have a quick end.

How ridiculous. Utterly, painfully ridiculous.

Caitlin continued, "Elsa, stop this pointless struggle. Cooperate with the police investigation. It will be less painful for you that way."

There were many ways to make an inmate talk in prison. Caitlin's words were both advice and a warning.

They waited and waited, but Caitlin never came over. Growing anxious, they hurried to ask Grover what had happened.

"Mr. Grover, can you tell me what my daughter said to Miss Gonzales?"

Grover glanced at Elsa's mother. "She asked Miss Gonzales to arrange for her burial after her death."

"That's it?" the mother asked in disbelief.

"Yes, that's it," Grover confirmed.

Elsa's father's face immediately soured. No wonder Caitlin hadn't said a word to them.

Elsa's mother began to wail. "That cursed, good-for-nothing girl! We worked so hard to raise her all these years, and at a time like this, she can't even spare a thought for her poor old parents! Instead, she's thinking about herself! Dead is dead! What's the point of a burial? Is she planning on coming back to life?"