Chapter 5
Chapter 5
The lockets slipped from his hands. Hit the floor. Chain snapped clean in half.
The panic in Liam’s chest exploded.
le tore out of the hospital and drove like a madman to every place I might be.
jur apartment. That bookstore I loved. My parents’ graves.
lothing. I was just gone.
lis assistant came sprinting in, white as a sheet.
Mr. Sinclair, we’ve got a huge problem-”
iam grabbed him by the collar, eyes bloodshot.
Where is she?!”
he guy was shaking.
Miss Claire passed some emergency border patrol screening. She’s heading to the assembly point right now. License plate-”
am’s brain went completely blank.
›rder patrol.
n years.
shoved the assistant aside and bolted out the door.
mped in his car and floored the gas pedal.
e city blurred past his windows. One thought kept screaming in his head.
nd her. Stop her.
couldn’t lose me.
it like this.
e roads were slick and packed with traffic.
weaved through cars like a psycho, horns blaring everywhere, people yelling curses at him.
en he spotted it-my gray SUV cruising on the highway out of town.
: laid on his horn and tried cutting me off.
nust’ve seen him in my rearview, saw all that panic wrecked across his face.
ust looked away and kept driving.
am’s stomach dropped hard.
: watched my car take the exit, speed up, and disappear completely.
slammed on the brakes and pulled over to the shoulder, then collapsed forward against the steering wheel, his whole body shaking violently.
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Chapter 5
Rain started pounding the windows again.
First time in his privileged life he actually felt real regret.
He grabbed his phone and dialed Summer with trembling hands.
She picked up sounding all sweet and breathy.
Liam, babe, when you coming home? I miss you.”
His voice came out completely destroyed.
You knew she was leaving.”
Brief silence. Then she laughed.
Yeah. I knew.”
She wanted to play hero so bad. I just helped her dream come true.”
Jam went rigid with rage and punched the steering wheel hard.
Why didn’t you fucking tell me?!”
j Why?”
ler laugh turned sharp and ugly, dripping with sick satisfaction.
Because I hate her guts. I wanted to rip everything away from her.”
Liam, relax. She’s gone now anyway. You’ve still got me.”
I’ll take such good care of you.”
le hung up on her and sank back into his seat, his face looking completely wrecked and empty.
rom that moment on, I vanished from his world entirely.
‘en years.
en full years without a single word.
en years later. Victory party.
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