LOGINI stare down into my cup. “With everything I have.” “I know.” I swallow hard. “I nearly lost her.” Nancy’s expression softens immediately. “But you didn’t.” I laugh bitterly under my breath. “She got kidnapped because of me.” “No,” Nancy corrects me firmly. “She got kidnapped because two u
I wake with a sharp ache running down my neck and shoulders. For a few disoriented seconds, I didn’t know where I was. My body feels twisted at an unnatural angle, one arm numb from where it has been trapped awkwardly against the hospital chair all night. Then the steady beep of monitors reaches my
Then Dale sighs heavily. “Greg… before anything else, I am so sorry.” I lean against the wall, closing my eyes. “You have nothing to apologize for.” “Yes, I do,” Dale says quietly. “Andrea is my daughter. What she did to Jennifer…” His voice cracks slightly. “There are no words for how ashamed I a
GregThe steady beep of monitors has become the soundtrack to my personal hell. I’m sitting slumped in the stiff plastic chair beside Jen’s hospital bed. Elbows on my knees and my hands clasped so tightly together that my knuckles have gone white. The room is dim except for the pale afternoon light
“JEN!” Greg. My head snaps up. He comes sprinting into the warehouse like a man possessed. His face is pale with terror, his eyes are bloodshot and frantic as he runs straight toward me. “Sweet cheeks—oh my God—” I break down instantly at the sight of him. “Greg…” He drops to his knees in front o
I can barely breathe. Every second feels like another weight crushing down onto my chest, pressing harder and harder until I think I might suffocate before the bomb ever had the chance to explode. The warehouse feels colder now. Or maybe that is just fear settling into my bones. My wrists burn from
By the time we arrived at the arena, the minivan was already waiting for us with the doors open, helping us get on the road quicker. I am so grateful right now for this. When the driver spots us, he comes and helps with Greg, just as he told me to climb on in and get myself comfortable. It took the
“Don’t be sorry. I just wanted to see if you were okay and when you were ready to leave, that’s all.” Fuck I have been such an asshole towards Greg these last couple of years and he doesn’t know that it was all because of Andrea is why we broke up in the first place.“Oh, yeah, I’m fine. Listen, can
I leave the crowd, avoiding watching the trophy presentation as I need to find Garrett urgently. I hear someone calling my name from behind me, but I ignore it as I have something more urgent to deal with. I try and navigate myself through the crowd and all the riders who didn’t make it to the podiu
Just the night is young and there's still my league to do their heats and then the final race. My teammates are not racing together; they are competing in their own heats, which I am grateful for. It gives them each a chance to make it to the final and to the podium. It is a dream for all of us to b







