k of fury. He was no longer looking at my hand; his ey

loe cry. Is that

barely audible. "It's real. My

roared. "Jus

tears. "It's okay, Ethan. Don't be mad. Maybe... maybe Sarah is ju

e like gasoli

d with a loathing so profound it felt like a physical blow. "All you do

the world dissolving into a blur

"You don't know the meaning of the word.

constant "emergencies," every time I had gently suggested she was too dependent on him, Chloe had twisted it, pai

ties I attended alone. Always for Chloe. A "panic attack," a "car breakdown," a "sudden, mysterious illnes

had w

ng with the last vestiges of hope. "Don't marry her. Ple

going to comfort my oldest friend, who you have deeply hurt with your d

k flashing across her face for a fraction of a

," Ethan said, his voice

hun

g me back into the dim, suffoc

extinguished, leaving behind an emptiness c

the entire exchange with a look of de

t," he said, picking up

I didn't have the stren

the kidnapper mocked. "But he

engagement ring Ethan had given me. It suddenly felt

of this one n

he pliers aroun

sque