BOOK 3: CHAPTER 6 -ELAINE- As it turns out, you can’t call in sick for two days in a row. I learned that the hard way. The next morning, when I called in again, still holed up in bed faking a pounding headache and a thousand thoughts swirling around my brain, my boss’s tone sliced through the phon
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 5 -ELAINE- I didn’t let Amelia out of my sight. Not for a single second. Where she went, I went. If she skipped to the living room, I was right behind. If she wandered to the hallway, I trailed her. And when Duncan led her into the kitchen to prepare lunch, I followed them too, ig
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 4 -ELAINE- Ding! I rang the doorbell and it was Duncan who opened the door. It was obvious that Duncan was irritated by my presence the moment he opened the door and he didn't bother to hide it. His expression tightened, his eyes narrowed, and his hand firmly on the door in case I
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 3 -ELAINE- Letting Amelia go felt like slicing open an old wound and pouring salt into it. I stood at the hospital entrance, watching as Duncan led her out by the wrist not her hand, not a gentle guiding touch, but a grip. Too firm. Too familiar. My heart clenched, screaming at me
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 2 “You… doctor?” he asked roughly, his tone clipped. I stood slowly, my posture instinctively straightening. “Yes. Dr. Monroe. You must be Mr. Teagues.” He gave a tight nod but didn’t offer a hand. Instead, his eyes flicked to his daughter, then back to me with suspicion. He was s
BOOK 3: CHAPTER 1 -ELAINE- The scream clawed its way out of my throat, sharp and strangled. I ran, feet pounding against the ground, lungs burning, heart jackhammering in my chest. I didn’t dare look back. I could feel it behind me, him, his presence thick like smoke, suffocating, unrelenting. T