로그인I 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
Chase sent me a text saying I should take some time for myself and that he and Sav will meet up with me later at Cloud Gate and he said that whilst we’re here in Chicago it would be stupid of us not to attend a game at Wrigley Field tonight. Well, I never thought I’d be going to one of the oldest ba
Taking into consideration what Sav said I do as she advised. Since landing in Chicago, it has been all about Greg, now it’s time I make time for myself. I don’t know when or if I will visit this city again, I want to see all the city landmarks, movie locations, and museums. Making a plan on where I
“I started to panic, the way Greg was looking so confused with the truth, the way Andrea was looking at me like I shouldn’t be there, and the way his parents had that sympathetic look on their faces. I can’t believe Greg thinks we are still together, and that probably hurt me the most. The way Greg
Walking into the room all heads turn to me. “Jen,” Greg says from his bed with a smile on his face from seeing me. “I’m so happy to see you sweet cheeks.” Did he just call me sweet cheeks? He’s not called me that in years, even just before we broke up. He stopped calling me sweet cheeks months befor







