ログインI 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
GregFuck me. She is so beautiful when she’s pissed off. She turns and just stares at me, leaving us in a tensed, awkward silence so thick I don’t even think a knife could get through it. I try to make the first move and smooth things over with her because a pissed off Jen can be an intolerable Jen
When I get down to the lobby heading toward the doors, I see my mom and dad talking to Greg’s parents. Tracy spots me from across the lobby and waves me over to join them. I signaled to her that I can’t go over to join them as I had somewhere I needed to be right now. She nods in understanding, and
The next morning, I awoke to the sunlight filtering through the curtains, which I had stupidly left partially open the previous evening before dinner. I check the time on my phone and see it's half past eleven. Holy shit, I slept for ten hours! I’ve never slept this long before. Garrett must have wo
Getting to Greg’s room, I charge into the room to see Greg dressed in a white tee and black gym shorts sitting in a wheelchair with a gym bag of what I’m assuming are his belongings on his lap, and the doctor giving him what looks like discharge papers and pain meds. Two heads turn in my direction a







