of the car. The man' s grip was tight on hi

ce thin. He looked at Emily, who sat opposit

lders. "Don't lie, Noah. We all saw you. You ran right into traffi

ld bruises, the sting of long-past insults. David' s specialty was pushing him until he broke, then acting like the v

her eyes narrowed

n, and David fell silent, though

he guard in the front seat without looking at him. "This should cover any troubl

the guard said,

reets. They were heading back towards Emily's penthouse, the place that

oft now, almost gentle. It was the voice she used

some air

er lips. "You checked yourself out of a top-tier facility, r

l space. "I hate liars, Noah. You know that. I

them. It was the word she had used when she

n't tell her the truth. He had made a promise to a dead man.

ret. "She can't know, Noah. Swear to me. She has to remember me as her brother, not..

d, his voice barely a whisper. It was

n Serenity Hills, paying for the best doctors? I did it because I care about you

was torturing him in the name of

mily," David chimed in. "

her attention back to Noah. "You will go back to the center to

quest. It was

her eyes flashing. "Whatever issues you two had

er skyscraper. The guards opened the door,

silent and heavy. When the doors opened directly into her penthouse, the famili

oice flat, dismissing him like a c

at was his cage, she said one last thing

t ever try to l

mise. She was unintentionally trapping him with her, the one person he