Beneath His Billion-Dollar Lies
“They’re not going to stop. Not until one of us is dead.”
I look at Emily, and her little hands are holding onto me. My heart squeezes painfully. “Then we don’t let them win.”
He stares at me, his eyes blazing, undecipherable. Well, that is what I hoped you would say.
We go flying through the rear door into the storm, each step sounding as thunder in my heart.
In the background, we see the motel blow up.
The wave of shock throws me on, and Dante supports me. The swelter kisses our backs with the debris that is falling down.