When Love Became A Plot

he beeping of the monitor beside me was the only sound in the large, private hospital room.

sn't

f agony for the past twenty-four hours, was quiet. It didn't even hurt anymore. It was just... empty. Of course he wasn't

ne. I reached for the phone on the bedside table, my movements slow

"I need you to get me a visa. To Canada.

Is everythi

I would go somewhere he could never find me, and I wou

o the blanket and closed my eyes. A few hours later, the phone buzzed again. It wasn't my la

e auction, about the horrible rumors. Ins

panic and grief. "It's your parents..

e you talking about, Maria

n were everywhere online. They couldn't bear the shame. They... they took pills, Ava. Both o

my grasp and clattered

nse. It was a mistake. A

ld me it was true. The last thread connecting me to this w

as I ripped the IV from my arm. I only remember running, stumbling through the hospital corr

giving me a strength I didn't know I possessed. And then I saw

n was ashen, her lips blue. There was no life, no breath. I moved to the next table, my movements wooden. My father. The stron

up my throat, raw and fu

my bare skin. The pain in my side was a raging fire, but it wa

ept, my voice hoarse

. Everything was packed. But he had come to me, his eyes filled with a desperate fear, and begged me to stay. He swore h

be alive. Their honor would be intact. My weak

The room began to spin, dark spots dancing in my vision. As the world faded to blac

ped out. He moved to the passenger side, opened the door, and carefully helped Skylar Vance out of the car. He had his

rkness finally took me. He was moving on wi