Shattered Vows and Broken Hearts novel Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Jack’s woke broke You’re wrong”

We checked all cameras. No sign of her leaving

Jack didn’t hear the rest. He was already in his car, racing toward the factory.

By the time he got there, the fire was out. Just a black, smoking ruin.

A firefighter approached, holding something.

Found this, sir. Only thing we could ID.”

The gold locket. Cracked, blackened, the repaired seams split open again by the heat.

Jack’s hand closed around it. Ice shot up his arm.

“No…”

A young officer glanced at the wreckage. “Fire this hot? She’d be ash by now.”

“Shut up!”

Jack’s head whipped around, eyes bloody.

The officer shrank back. “Just stating facts…”

Jack clutched the locket and ran at the rubble.

He dug through the night, bare–handed, until his fingers were shredded and raw. They begged him to stop. He wouldn’t.

“Show me the body or prove she’s dead.”

At dawn, a detective approached.

“New development, sir. Sarah was brought here against her will. It wasn’t a kidnapping by her.”

Jack stared.

Think back. When you left, was she acting strange?”

The memory hit him like a freight train.

She’d been sitting there. Still. Too still.

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The with cathed down on him

the Att move she i never have gotten out.

His legs gave out. He hit the ground

The pieces clicked together, Jessica’s sobs her clinging, her desperate need to keep him from looking too close.

She’d done this

But then doubt crept in. Jessica wasn’t capable of that. Was she?

He dragged himself up and drove to the hospital.

The door to her room was cracked. Her voice filtered out, sharp and furious.

Two hundred grand, cash, like we agreed. Don’t call me again.”

Smuggling, new IDs your problem, not mine.”

A pause. Then, louder, “You threatening me? You think you’re clean? You grabbed her. You dosed her. You set the fire.”

“Push me, and I’ll say you forced me. You got proof it was me? Try me. We’ll all burn.”

The air left Jack’s lungs. Only rage remained.

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