The Don Tore Up Our Divorce (Gemma and Cassian) novel Chapter 56

**Before Rain Touches Earth Memories Return With Gentle Warmth by Eli Dane Crest**

**Chapter 56**

**Gemma**

I find myself momentarily paralyzed, the weight of disbelief pressing down on me like a heavy fog. For a fleeting moment, the world around me fades into a distant hum, my ears filled only with the frantic beating of my heart.

Cassian orchestrated this? He had the audacity to remove my mother from the list for the very drug that could potentially save her life?

The realization strikes me like a bolt of lightning. I am acutely aware of his disdain for me. I know he cannot tolerate betrayal, and I’ve seen the consequences faced by those who have dared to cross him in the past.

Yet, I never imagined he would sink so low as to target my mother in this cruel game.

Gradually, the chaos in my mind quiets, and I become aware of Dr. Rojas’s voice cutting through the silence.

“…I know he’s been visiting her. Perhaps if you could speak to him, you might be able to sway his decision?”

The urge to cry wells up inside me, a tidal wave of emotion threatening to break free.

Talking to Cassian has never resolved anything; it only exacerbates the situation.

In fact, our conversations are the very catalyst for this turmoil. Each time we speak, it feels as if I’m digging myself deeper into an abyss rather than finding a way out.

“I’ll see what I can do,” I reply, my voice sounding distant and hollow, as if it belongs to someone else. The rest of the conversation blurs into obscurity, a haze of words and emotions that I can scarcely remember.

When I finally sink back onto the couch, my hands tremble uncontrollably.

Why would Cassian do something so unforgivable?

He’s merciless, yes. He’s capable of violence, but I’ve always held onto the belief that he refrains from harming those who are defenseless—children, the elderly, the sick.

The targets of his wrath are always those who pose a threat to him or his family. He’s never harmed anyone innocent, at least not that I know of.

I’ve admired that aspect of him, it’s one of the reasons I find myself yearning for him, clinging to the hope that beneath his hardened exterior lies a protector who could save me from this chaos.

But now, I must confront a painful possibility: perhaps I don’t know him at all. Maybe Cassian is indeed willing to go after my mother as a way to punish me.

Maybe he truly is the villain in this twisted narrative.

A chilling thought strikes me—if my mother is being denied the medication, who is receiving it instead? With her name removed from the list, who stands at the forefront now?

There’s no chance the hospital would divulge such information to me. Medical records are safeguarded for a reason, and I’ve generally respected that boundary.

But today is different.

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