All Chapters of Love in the Line of Fire: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Ilana heard Calix’s car approaching but she didn’t make any effort to move. She hadn’t been able to move ever since she’d come back. Her mind was still reeling from everything Vincent had told her. She had little to no sleep in the last two days and she was sure she was going to shatter in a million little pieces anytime now.It was a miracle she’d managed to drive all the way from the observatory back to Nashville without any accident. Although she did consider veering the car off the road once or twice. It would have made everything so much easier. For her and for everyone around her.She’d told Vincent she was going to call Helene and clear all this mess but she hadn’t been able to muster the courage to do any of it. She was terrified of the answer. Not to mention, she knew what a great liar Helene really was. Her answer wouldn’t really matter. Helene could lie and Ilana wouldn’t even know.She heard him approaching and her heartbeat picked up. She knew what she needed to do now b

Ilana ditched the rental car she'd booked last night under an alias a few blocks away from Josephine's location.She used her burner phone to call a tow service, providing them with the car's license number and model, ensuring it would be removed from the scene. The fewer signs of her presence, the better - she aimed to leave nothing but a ghostly whisper of her existence behind. She felt as if she'd already walked hundreds of miles by the time she spotted the building. Its sleek grey walls rose up like a fortress, devoid of windows and backdoors, presenting a seemingly impenetrable barrier.The dozen guards stationed around the perimeter only added to the place’s formidable defense. Adam Meyer had clearly spared no expense in ensuring his wife’s safety.Normally, a difficult job like this would have excited Ilana, shooting her up with adrenaline. But right now, all she could think of was Calix and the devastating consequences her actions would have on the man she'd started to care a

“Mr Meyer?” He heard his name being called but everything sounded muffled to him. “Calix?” This one sounded like his father.Calix blinked, forcing himself back to the present.“Yes?”“We need details of what happened tonight. Anything you can tell us that'll help catch the person who attacked your mother,” The detective asked and Calix leaned backward, trying to give himself some room to breathe.The person who attacked his mother?What was he supposed to tell them? That that person was none other than the woman he'd started to fall in love with? That he was the one who'd given her the access to his life and his home?What was he supposed to tell them when he himself hadn't started to believe what he'd seen.He glanced back at his mother, injected with drugs and sleeping pills to battle the wild hysteria that had followed the fight.He wondered how much of it she was going to remember when she woke up.His gaze flitted towards his father, perched at his mother's side, fear and exhau

“What?” Ilana whispered, her mind reeling. Them having everything from her house could really ruin things for her.“Helene,” she gasped, feeling her heart clench up at the thought. “I… my daggers. Most of them were back there.”“Ilana, darling, you messed up. There should be some punishment for that, don’t you think?” Helene asked and her sickly sweet voice made a shiver run down Ilana’s spine.“I can fix it,” she breathed, knowing full well that there was nothing she could do. Not when she’d been spotted.And Helene didn’t even know the extent of the damage Ilana had caused. She’d guessed what could have happened that night but telling her all the details was going to be a lot worse. Ilana suddenly felt the strongest urge to run. Run until her legs gave out from under her and her lungs stopped working.“What about the burner phones and the envelopes?” She asked, her legs feeling a lot weaker than they did before she’d walked in the office.Helene raised an eyebrow and Ilana suddenly

“Did you get to meet the girl I brought in yesterday?” Helene asked and Ilana could almost feel Helene’s breath fanning the side of her face, could see the way she stood right next to her, her hands on her knees as she crouched slightly to bring herself down to a fifteen year old Ilana’s height.“Yes,” memory Ilana breathed out.She saw the memory so vividly in her mind, she couldn’t understand how she could’ve forgotten it in the first place. She could feel every single thing she’d felt that night.“Do you like her?” Helene asked and Ilana’s grip on her dagger tightened. She remembered forcing herself to stop shaking. This was just a normal conversation. She could hold one conversation without being terrified out of her wits.“Yes. She’s sweet.”Helene hummed a response as Ilana tried to focus on the target in front of her. She wanted Vincent to be back already.“Do you know she’s only two years younger than you?”Ilana turned, catching Helene’s eyes fleetingly before she turned her