All Chapters of Fidelity: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

CharliIt was almost three in the morning by the time we pulled up to the house in Rye. Exhaustion had taken over long ago. My body and mind were running on adrenaline and even that had begun to wane."Alex, do you need me to go in with you?"I squinted my eyes, trying to understand Deloris's questi

"AED?""Defibrillator.""My mother's heart was shocked?"He nodded. "It didn't work at first. We had to perform CPR. She has multiple broken ribs. I'm sorry.""She's alive."He nodded again."Her ribs will heal. They wouldn't if she weren't alive.""Dr. Rossi has numerous concerns, her greatest bein

I shook my head. "Not as innocent as I previously thought.""Her plan would have worked if she hadn't involved the authorities. Fitzgerald would have paid her to go away. I'm most certain the payout would have been short-lived. Her fate would have ultimately been the same.""So in saving her, you pr

I let it all out—the last two weeks. That was such a short time in the span of a life and yet in even less than that, in only ten days, so much had happened. I didn't know if she could hear me, but I wanted to tell her. Part of me was afraid that this would be the only chance I had."Oren, Nox's dad

Ghosts no longer registered. My father was no longer relevant. All that mattered was Charli—her swollen eyes, tearstained cheeks, and broken expression. The woman in the bed had her attention. That woman wasn’t someone taking my mom’s place: she was Charli’s mom.I was running on fumes. We all were.