Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

Chapter 16

While everyone else had given up, Lewis kept digging. On his knees, he clawed at the ground with his bare hands, his fingers bloody and raw from the rocks and dirt.

Grace was still missing. He collapsed in despair, his eyes void of life as he looked around. He burst into tears.

Just then, someone spotted a pair of shoes in the corner.

Lewis rushed over and saw they were Grace’s. Hope surged through him. Wiping away his tears, he started digging like a madman. Finally, he found the unconscious Grace.

Overwhelmed with joy, Lewis scooped her up and rushed her to the ambulance. In the ward, he stayed glued to her side, his eyes never leaving her face. Seeing her bruised and battered, he couldn’t even begin to imagine what she’d been through.

Theo could see that Lewis was worried sick and tried to comfort him. “Mr. Kaufman, she’s alive, and that’s what really matters.”

Theo’s words did the trick. Relieved, Lewis watched her sleep, his mind wandering. Then, it all clicked. He finally understood why she had asked him to wipe out all her traces with that death certificate.

Leaving behind that past felt like a fresh start. After everything she’d been through, she wouldn’t be the same solitary Grace anymore. Now she had Lewis, and he vowed to stand by her forever.

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“I got this. You go help Grace get a new identity. The old Grace is history,” Lewis told Theo.

next to her bed, but the second she moved, his eyes snapped open.

faint smile. “I knew

his voice barely above a whisper,

still clung to Grace as she struggled to sit up. “When I was stuck, all I could think about was you. After the explosion, I

hand and nodded, “You need rest.

days in the hospital,

As she looked at Lewis’s haggard face, tears

He smiled

and after a long pause, she replied, “I haven’t talked to her in

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talk, Kylie said, “If I were

thought she was talking about Janelle ditching

If she loved you, would she have done that?” Kylie pulled out her phone. “Before she came back, she told us she was ready to make bank again. You were the first person I thought of. Antonio, you deserve better.”

already doubtful about Janelle. Kylie’s recounting made

already doubtful about Janelle. Kylie’s recounting

phone and read through the group chat history.