The CEO Beautiful Regret
For one terrible second, the suction of the wheels pulled my legs toward the track.
I screamed, pulling with my arms, throwing my hip up over the metal lip of the car.
Clara caught my hand, her small fingers locking around my wrist with desperate strength. She pulled. I rolled onto the cold iron deck, collapsing next to Dominic’s boots.
I turned over on my back, gasping for air, the cold fog rushing over my face as the train accelerated down the mountain.
Behind us, standing on the gravel path by the caved-in shed, Mr. Sterling grew smaller and smaller. He didn't chase us. He just stood there, his broken arm pressed against his chest, watching the train vanish into the northern wild.