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Chapter 126

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~CELINE'S POV~

The fluorescent light in the dingy motel room flickered like a dying heartbeat, casting erratic shadows across the water-stained walls.

I sat curled on the threadbare carpet, my knees drawn to my chest, watching the muted television screen where some late-night infomercial promised to change lives for three easy payments of $19.99.

If only it were that simple.

The digital clock on the nightstand glowed 3:47 AM in harsh red numbers.

In just over three hours, Caesar and I would board the 7 AM bus that would take us even further from everything we'd ever known.

Further from Hunter. Further from the life that had briefly felt like a fairy tale before crumbling into this nightmare.

Caesar stirred on the narrow bed, his small fist clutching his beloved stuffed dinosaur….Rex, as he'd named it.

Even in sleep, tear tracks stained his cherubic cheeks.

He'd cried for hours at the bus station, then here in this godforsaken room, his little voice breaking as he kept asking when
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