WEDDED TO REVENGE

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. My heart hammered so hard it felt like it would crack through

strained, trembling despite

wn her face. Her lips trembled

e need to g

ulling her with me as we stumbled away from the wreck. The smell of burnt rub

ir. The car erupted in flames, the heat searing the back of my nec

around us. I threw an arm over her, shielding her un

up slowly, brushing ash from her hair. Her eyes were wide wit

r voice was ba

rms. "I'll get you ano

tter. We could

ed, my jaw clenchi

d out my phone, my fingers trembli

n the first ri

ntersection of Route 15 and Cliffsid

it,

violent orange, the twisted metal shell of the car collapsin

softly. "Let's mov

ive hand on her back. A few minutes later, the sleek black sedan rolled to a stop in front of

er, silent tears soaking through my shirt. I didn't know how

. That truck hadn't just swerve

wanted

Ida out with the place and send in new clothes and shoes for her too. Isa's steps were

she whispered. "I ju

. "Get s

until she disappeared into her room, the door clicking

ands trembling. My eyes drifted to the bar cart in the co

k. Jus

idn't even bother to check which alcohol I had just consumed. The

anot

my chest, my suspicions as to who would

But he hasn't made a

two way road, how did the trick that was supposed

t veered off course,

? And w

metal echoing through the room. My reflection stared back at me

air. Spac

of the bar an

city streets, the world blurring past. The cold, biting night air w

the road stretched into a single, endless streak. The adrenaline d

nted u

e light in her eyes. Then I remembered her scream, the

Whoever did this would pay. I'd h

hes of empty road. Eventually, I pulled over by a cliffside overlooking the wat

leaned back, staring o

lashed in my mind. My father's firm smile. My mother's g

xpensive gifts, weren't the absent type. They were around for

my dad behind her sharing smiles and Isa and I bathing in f

on, with control. With walls no one could breach. It had been years but I would

ly thing keeping me tethered to what was left of my humanity. I was g

ding that mem

dn't l

I turned to see Nathan standing there, his expre

were not picking up so I called Damian and he informed me about what

tterly. "Def

better than anyone when to p

lates on that truck," he said after a moment. "It was

d over me. Of

I said. "Find out who's behind t

d. "Conside

Isa?" He had always cared about my

ed." He nodded and then moved closer

arently, you drove here." He

get some r

word felt

ead bac

then walked back to his car

ere, but eventually, I turned t

on the wall read 3:17 a.m. I rubbed a hand over my face

pened it, listening to the soft rhythm of

s filtered through the curtains, casting long shadows

refused

embered. Isa's words e

ched m

was

e tonight would learn exactly what h