...Sienna POV...As promised, Hunter sent me the confirmation info for our date tomorrow night. The small act had my heart fluttering. I felt like a love-sick puppy. The smallest things reminded me of him, and I felt myself daydreaming about him as well. That was until I felt the harsh slap from Rylee. "Bubs? What's going on? Why are you so distracted all of a sudden?" Rylee asked, bringing me out of my trance."Sorry. I didn't mean it." I reply, not wanting to tell her the details at the moment. Rylee looked at me suspiciously, clearly seeing that I was up to something, but knew that I didn't want to talk about it."Whatever. Just get your head in the game. Tonight's important. We could end this tonight, so long as we pull it off." Rylee comments, making me realize how right she was. If I didn't get my mind focused, it could mean a life sentence in jail or worse. Rylee and I spent the rest of the morning going over the final details. Rylee went home after lunch so as not to make any

My head was pounding. The incessant beeping wasn't helping either. My head felt so groggy. I opened my eyes and immediately regretted it, as the bright light in the room only increased the pain in my head. I controlled my breathing and worked on the techniques the doctors had shown me in the past. I knew it hurt, but I needed to figure out where I was. I opened my eyes once more, this time much more slowly. I looked around the room, searching for any clue as to where I was.My heart dropped at the realization. I was in pure hell, otherwise known as the hospital. It was a location I wish I could erase from my mind. I'd spent so much of my life here as it was. I resented having to come back here.I saw Maverick asleep on the chair next to my bed. I slowly reached over and tapped his hand, waking him up."Sienna?" Maverick said, groggily, slowly opening his eyes. "Mav? What's going on?" I ask, unsure as to why I was back in the hospital."Hold on. I'll get a nurse." Maverick says, quic

After the girls were pulled from the ravine, my dad immediately began to make a slew of calls. My dad wanted to be the one that told Rylee's parents about what had happened. He didn't want them to find out from anyone else. He also managed to take care of anything that they would need. Rylee was like a daughter to him as well. So he pledged to do everything and anything for Rylee's family. He made sure to take care of any funeral costs. He even hired a maid and a grief counsellor for them so that they could try to move on with their lives. My dad had also made some phone calls to the hospital and had Sienna moved to a more private wing of the hospital. Once word got out about this, the paparazzi would be relentless, trying to uncover what had happened. I couldn't deny that I shared the same interest. All of this was just so sudden. How could we go from our normal everyday lives to this? There was nothing that could be done to prepare someone for this. But at the same time, I couldn't

Even though the Gallery agreed to sign a contract, I knew we had to tread carefully. I would make sure our lawyers checked it over before it was finalized, making sure there was no loophole that could account for them being able to come after Sienna. "There's one more thing that I would like to discuss." Officer Johnson commented before we wrapped up."Ok." My father replied, allowing him to continue.Officer Johnson looked nervously in my direction."What's going on? Why are you looking at me like that?" I ask."Have the doctors gone over Sienna's test results with you?" Officer Johnson asked.I heard my dad take an intake of breath before nodding. I felt as though I had been left out of the loop."Maverick? Why don't you go wait by the car? I'll be out soon." My father remarked, dismissing me."NO! I'm not going to leave. Anything you're about to discuss can be discussed in front of me. I want to know what all of this is about." I say, sitting on the edge of my seat in a furious ma

...Two weeks ago......Kevin POV...Val and I had been working hard trying to get the Reaper's attention. However, regardless of our efforts, the Reaper seemed to be ignoring us. We were running out of time. I needed to find a way to get the Reaper on our side or risk the Triad coming after us."Kevin!" I hear Val cry out, running into my office with a tablet in hand."What's going on? Why are you yelling?" I ask."I think I found our in." She says, handing me the tablet. I look at her oddly as she begins to jump on the spot. Clearly, whatever she's found is making her excited."The men you had posted watching the Stone family just sent an update. Look at this." She says, reaching over and sliding her finger across the screen.I look at it in mild confusion, not quite sure what I'm supposed to be looking at."What is this?" I ask."Look!" She says, as if wondering how I wasn't seeing it already.I roll my eyes, but look closer at the image."I don't get it. What am I supp-..." I begin