Chapter 37

Samantha’s POV

My entire body froze. “What about the twins?”

Her words tumbled out in a frantic rush, each one was piercing like a cold knife to my chest. “Samantha, it’s the twins. Something’s happened.”

My stomach dropped, the blood draining from my face. I gripped the phone tighter, and my knuckles went white.

“What happened?” I demanded.

“I… I don’t know. They are gone. You need to come now.”

Then out of nowhere, the line clicked dead.

My hands were trembling as I turned slowly, panic bubbling up so fast I thought I might choke on it. I hurriedly reached my bag and looked for my car keys but they seemed to be unrecoverable. Dominic was watching me from across the table with concern etched into every line of his face, but I did not have time now. The twins, they were gone.

“What is it?” he asked.

I could not speak. The only words running through my head were Annie’s frantic, terrified voice, delivering the news.

It can’t be.

“Samantha,” Dominic said again, standing now, trying to