Chapter 7 " Get in the car first . " [ ] Blake didn't give me a straight answer - just put his hand on my back and guided me into the passenger seat . [ ] The entire ride , Blake didn't say a word . [ ] When we pulled up to the Harrison estate , I saw an ambulance in the driveway . [ ] " You brought Claire home ? " ] ] Blake put the car in park . " Clare's condition is terrible . It's better to have her recover here at home . " [ ] " Once we're married , you won't have to run back and forth between the hospital and home anymore . " [ ] His words were gentle , but I heard the threat underneath . [ ] He was using Claire to control me . [ ] " Grace , what happened with Scarlett was my mistake . All these years , my guilt made me enable her behavior , and because of it . " ] " But it wasn't until I almost lost you that I realized how much I need you . I can't accept losing you . " " You asked if I used you to get rid of her - in a way , yes . In a way , no . " [ ] " For me , sending her abroad or sending her to prison amounts to the same thing . " " Since this is what you wanted , I just made it happen . " ] Blake's casual explanation was completely emotionless . [] Like both Scarlett and I were just disposable tools to him . [ ] But for the past ten years, everyone knew how much he spoiled Scarlett . [ ] " Blake , I already told you I don't want to marry you . " [] " If I could do it over , I wish we'd never met . " [ ] Blake didn't wait for me to finish - he got out of the car . He had no idea that I already knew about him and Scarlett . ] I was holding all the cards . ] For Claire's sake , I had no choice but to return to the Harrison estate . [ ] The place was crawling with Blake's people . My every move was being watched . [ ] you suffered Chapter 7 Until Claire woke up and told me something that changed everything . ] That day , I was giving Claire her usual sponge bath . ] Her body , which had been completely still , suddenly moved . [ ] I leaned in excitedly and saw Claire's eyes fluttering , her fingers twitching . " Claire ? Claire ? " Claire's eyes opened slightly , her mouth moving . [ ] " Grace ... run . " [ ] " The dark web ... it wasn't Scarlett ... it was ... it was your ... " [ ] Her voice got weaker . " Grace ... " " Run ... " ] ] Then silence . I broke into a cold sweat . ] " Claire ! " " Wake up ! " The person in my arms went rigid . I screamed for someone to call a doctor . ] ] But all the people coming and going outside the door ignored me . [ ] Until Blake's voice filled the room . ] " Grace , stop screaming . " ] " She's gone . But you still have me . " ] ] That's when I realized Blake had controlled the breathing machine . He'd personally ended my sister's life . What I thought was the truth was just what Blake wanted me to see . [] Breaking into his study , copying the data - all of it had been too easy because Blake let it happen . [ ] At that moment , I felt like I'd fallen into an ice cold abyss . ] " Grace ... " Behind me , I heard Blake's slightly breathless voice . [ ] " What did you hear ? " ] I turned around to speak , but everything went black as I hit the floor . ]