The Plane Tickets He Hoarded The Wife He Hid novel Chapter 316

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Blanche’s POV

When Amara and I got to the police station, we

explained our purpose to the officers and were told to

wait.

About ten minutes later, a female officer walked us out of the building.

We climbed into a patrol car that drove us to the detention facility.

Marquis was already locked up, though his trial hadn’t started yet.

He’d requested to see Amara, and it wasn’t hard to guess what he wanted to discuss.

Still, Amara had agreed to come.

I knew Amara too well–she needed this final meeting with Marquis.

That’s exactly why I came along today.

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The female officer guided us directly into the

detention center.

The moment we entered, I stayed by Amara’s side as we went to see Marquis.

Just a few days had passed, but the man who’d once carried himself with such arrogant confidence now sported scraggly facial hair and bloodshot, exhausted

eyes.

The second Marquis spotted Amara, a whirlwind of emotions swept across his features. He slammed his hands against the glass partition, his reddened eyes locked on her with desperate intensity.

Marquis opened his mouth, his voice hoarse and shaking as he called out, “Amara.”

Amara stared back at Marquis through the barrier, her gaze unwavering but heavy with feeling. When their eyes connected, a sharp, bitter ache bloomed quietly in her chest.

Once upon a time, she’d dreamed endlessly about it— walking down the aisle with this man, raising children together, growing old in peaceful contentment.

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She’d never imagined that the man she’d loved so completely would end up behind bars.

Swallowing the crushing sadness in her throat, Amara finally met Marquis’s eyes and said, “I only came to see you one final time, Marquis. After today… we’ll never cross paths again.”

Marquis went rigid, his eyes widening in shock as he gaped at Amara. “Amara, you’re really going to

abandon me like this?”

Amara’s nose reddened as she fought back tears, speaking to Marquis with quiet resolve. “A crime is a crime, Marquis.”

Marquis stared at her in disbelief. “I only did what we always did before. How is it suddenly criminal now? And back then? Wasn’t that illegal too?”

Amara smiled bitterly at his words, her voice gentle but firm. “What’s done is done–there’s no point rehashing it. The truth is, I only came tonight because of our history. But the moment I leave here, we’re finished. Completely.”

Watching Amara’s ruthless determination, Marquis

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finally felt genuine fear creep up his spine for the first

time.

When they’d first arrested him, Marquis assumed

Amara was just trying to intimidate him, that none of it

was serious.

But hearing the finality in her voice now, he knew she wasn’t bluffing.

Panic seized him suddenly. Marquis’s voice cracked as he pleaded, “Amara, please… tell me you’re just playing games with me, okay?”

Amara looked straight into Marquis’s eyes, her own steady and resolute. Her tone was deadly serious as she replied, “Marquis, I’m not playing games.”

At those words, Marquis collapsed against the glass, dropping to his knees. His voice shook with

desperation as he begged, “Amara, please… you can’t abandon me like this. If you really leave, what happens to me? Have you even considered it–who’s going to marry you? Who’s going to take care of you for the rest of your life?”

Hearing that, Amara couldn’t hold back the tears–they

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rolled down her face in silence.

She kept her eyes fixed on him, steady and unshakable. “Marquis, you never intended to marry me -not from the beginning. So why bring it up now?”

Marquis’s expression contorted with desperation. “No, Amara, I did want to marry you. I already told my family about you. I was planning to bring you home for New Year’s. I told them you were incredible, that they’d adore you. I—”

Amara couldn’t bear to hear anymore. She interrupted him, her voice decisive. “Stop.”

Marquis froze completely, staring at Amara. The look in her eyes was pure resolve–there was no turning back for her.

In that moment, Marquis finally grasped what she really meant.

She hadn’t come out of sentimentality–she’d decided to see him locked away permanently.

Marquis’s face twisted with ugly fury as he roared, “Amara, you better think this through. Drop the

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charges now and we both walk away clean. But if you keep pushing this, when I get out in a few years, I’ll destroy your life. You’ll never know peace again.”

Amara didn’t even blink at his threat. She laughed bitterly, her eyes red–rimmed as she held his gaze. “Marquis, I genuinely loved you once. But the more I witnessed, the clearer it became that you never loved me—not once. The only person you ever truly cared about was yourself. That night, I begged and pleaded with you, but you couldn’t have cared less. I came here today for one reason: to tell you I have zero regrets about what I’ve done.”

Marquis exploded, his face twisting with rage as he screamed, “Amara, stop acting like some innocent victim. We both know we’ve been intimate–you think you can just blame everything on me now? Quit pretending you’re some untouchable saint.”

Amara completely ignored Marquis’s outburst. She shot him an icy look and said, “This is our last meeting. After today, we’re done. Our lives diverge here—we don’t even belong in the same universe anymore.”

The words had barely escaped her lips when her eyes

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filled with tears she could no longer contain.

Before departing, she turned and gave Marquis one last glance. “Take care.”

Then, without looking back, she grabbed my hand and we walked out.

Amara rushed out of the detention center, barely glancing behind her as she moved quickly beside me.

Only when we stepped into the fresh air did Amara finally slow her pace and stop, the emotional burden hitting her all at once.

Standing there, the tears she’d been suppressing broke free again, flowing even harder than before— unstoppable now.

I saw Amara crying and immediately stepped forward, wrapping my arms around her in a gentle, comforting embrace.

Amara pressed her face into my shoulder, her words coming out in a trembling whisper. “Blanche, when we first got together… he wasn’t like this at all.”

I rubbed Amara’s back soothingly. “You said it yourself

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-that was just the start.”

I held Amara as long as she needed, letting her release all the pain.

But this time felt different. Amara wasn’t the same as

before.

She used to claim she was done, but her heart could never truly let go. Now, though, she was genuinely finished with Marquis–for good.

After Amara pulled herself together, she stepped back from my arms. “Let’s head home,” she said, her voice stable.

I nodded. “Of course, I’ll get you back.”

We hailed a taxi and climbed in together.

Amara sat quietly in the car, still sniffling occasionally,

but no fresh tears came.

A moment later, her phone buzzed–it was Noelle.

The car’s silence made it impossible for me not to overhear Noelle’s voice. “Miss Jerry, now that we have solid evidence, Marquis’s sentence has been decided. He’s facing three years and eight months in prison.”

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Amara remained quiet for a long stretch, her mood somber, before finally responding. “Understood. Thank you, Mr. Austin.”

Noelle’s tone stayed cold and professional. “You should

thank Kingsley, not me. He’s my friend–I’m only doing this as a favor to him.”

Amara paused, then replied softly, “Got it. I’ll remember that.”

Right after Amara ended the call, the taxi came to a

stop.

As we got out, we both immediately spotted a long shadow stretching across the ground under the streetlight’s glow.

Looking up, we saw Kingsley standing not far away.

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