She Died With My Name on Her Lips novel Chapter 2

He stopped for a moment, his voice icy. “The only thing she’s good for now is that body. At least it’s still worth tormenting.”

Louisa watched him carry Louise away, his figure growing smaller with every step. Her heart felt like it was being ripped in half.

Everything had changed. The love she’d shared with Stephen felt like it belonged to another life.

Five years ago, on this exact day, they should have been the happiest couple in the world. Stephen would have held her close, kissed her forehead, and whispered, “Lou, I finally get to marry you.” But now, he was holding someone else.

They’d grown up together, childhood sweethearts. From preschool to college, they’d been inseparable. Everyone knew how much Stephen loved Louisa. If she mentioned craving cake from across town in the middle of the night, he’d drive through a snowstorm for hours just to get it for her. When she had cramps, he’d stay up all night comforting her. On the day he proposed, he knelt down to put her shoes on and promised to spoil her for the rest of their lives.

But everything changed on their wedding day.

Louisa’s parents, drunk behind the wheel, crashed into Stephen’s family. His whole family was gone in an instant.

That day, the wedding turned into a funeral. The man she loved became someone who hated her.

Stephen lost his dad, his mom, his little sister. He was the only one left in the Barker family.

His grief twisted into hatred. He made sure Louisa’s parents were sent to prison—and it wasn’t just any prison. He made sure they suffered.

The last time Louisa saw her parents was in that prison. She was told they had taken their own lives.

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