Reclaiming Life, Finding Love

ng for me when

g for all the world like a concerned, loving couple. My

d. "Chloe told me everything. About

We' re not here to argue. We' re here to take Ethan h

knew what 'home' meant. It wasn'

house. The moment the door

Mark said, his v

ng with every breath. I stumbled, and he dragged me down the stairs into

d, carrying a

I gasped, struggling

he started tying my wrists to the arms of the chair. "You have

roving look on her face. "He needs to

ound swallowed by the thick basement

y head to the side, and the world exploded in a

try again. Confess that you lied to Chloe about Ben. Confess that you manipulated

the sheer insanity of it all was overwhelmi

other side. My lip spl

id, her voice bored. "Just tell the truth fo

ought L

he chair, his eyes wide. For a moment, I thought

e is, Liam," Chl

ther' s expression. He walked over to m

his voice small but steady. "

plastic corner caught me right on the temple. It wasn't a powerful

own

ng Liam' s hair. "See, Ethan?

ing. "Just say it, Ethan. Say, 'I' m sorry, Chloe. I l

man who had stolen my life, at the child who had be

out, the words feeling like

ross Chloe' s face. "You li

red, the fight draining out of

s hand resting on my shoul

n Reed. She stood at the top of the stairs, her face a

ent had disappeared to," she s

nd Mark

st finally rushed in and swallowed me whole. I fainted, the sou