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Chapter 205

Author: Gem
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-29 23:52:42

Cameron’s POV

Brandon had fallen asleep against me on the couch, his head heavy on my shoulder. The TV was still on but muted, blue light flickering across the room like ghost water. I kept tracing lazy circles over the back of his hand, more to convince myself he was here than anything else. Every time he shifted, every soft exhale, it felt like proof that he was alive.

For a few minutes I actually let myself think we’d made it. That maybe—just maybe—the world would give us one night where nobody tried to break it apart.

Then the phone buzzed.

The sound was small, but it cracked through the room like a gunshot. Brandon jerked awake, eyes still hazy. “What…?”

My phone lit up on the coffee table. Unknown Number.

A spike of cold shot straight through my chest.

Nobody good calls after midnight from an unknown number.

I grabbed it before the second buzz.

“Hello?” My voice came out rough, shaky.

“Is this Cameron Wade?”

A man’s voice. Deep, clipped. Police.

My stomach dropped so fast I swea
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