TWENTY NINE

29: time will tell.

You know, for the rest of their lives. Both Zachary Dempsey and Katharina Stones—

—they would always have to wonder, was the sole of their connection to do something good as help or save themselves, or something worse as murder.

It all depended on the perspective they’d choose to see it. And was their destiny just kill.

They would soon find out, in what would not only be their flop era, but also a tumultuous life moving forward. And alas, will they then wish that they had never met each other? Only a matter of time.

Le temps nous le dira.

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TWENTY FOUR HOURS EARLIER

Her hair stood on its edge as the sound of the sirens drew closer. She couldn’t believe it, in a moment of a panic attack—

—that s