Chapter85:

Chapter 85:  Max’s Point of View The drive to Sara’s parents’ house felt like it took forever. Every minute that passed added to the weight pressing down on my chest. The streets of the city blurred past as I stared out the window, my mind spinning with nothing but Sara. She didn’t deserve this none of it. The cruelty of the articles, the lies they were telling about her… It made my blood boil. I hadn’t been able to get the words “Hollywood’s New Villain” out of my mind since I first saw the headline. I could feel the venom in those words, each one meant to tear her apart. And all I could do was sit there helplessly, watching it unfold from my office like a bystander. It was maddening. When we finally arrived, I barely registered the driver’s words as he opened the door for me. My feet moved on their own, carrying me up the stone steps of the house. The large, stately home was as impressive as ever, but it felt cold now. Like a shell of its former warmth. I knocked on the door, my hear