Chapter 21

His voice cracked with nervousness, but his smile crashed when he saw Elaine's face remain completely blank.

She slowly shook her head. "You still just hear whatever the hell you want to hear, don't you?"

Her voice was quiet but razor-sharp. She stared at him standing there looking lost and repeated herself more clearly.

"Did you honestly think this was just about the baby? I already told you-you broke your promise first. We can't just rewind and pretend nothing happened. Terminating some pregnancy doesn't erase what you did to me."

"No, wait that's not fair-you said if I—" he stammered, grasping for words that wouldn't come.

He'd screwed up first. He'd hurt her. He'd done this to them.

how could he just

but his eyes betrayed him, turning red

forward? We'll build something better. Create new memories. I swear to God, Elaine, I'll get it

if he just sounded desperate enough, she'd cave. He was sure she must still

well have been carved

I don't need anything from you except distance. Everything you've done 'for my sake' has only

just long enough to glance back over her shoulder. "I'll find my own way."With that, she was

what felt like

would you ever have actually wanted

barely audible. He

always to dump you once I had the baby."Without the baby, there was no point in the

occurred to Alistair Chase to consider how his hot-and-cold routine might destroy someone. She

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