Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

At that moment, I became the center of attention. While everyone else waited quietly for the red light, I slammed the gas pedal and sped through, making a sharp turn.

I finally understood why Wisteria had appeared-someone had used her as part of a scheme to keep Carter and Taylor preoccupied.

We were the real targets.

What a cruel and calculated plan!

Since they had replaced Taylor's men, it was clear this was orchestrated by someone from the Carlyns.

They had used Taylor's wedding as bait to try and wipe out the Sanders in one fell swoop-including Whitney and me.

The dozen or so cars behind us ran the red light as well. Thankfully, there was another lane of cars passing through legally, and a large truck moving straight ahead blocked several of the pursuers. Still, four cars continued to tail us closely, and it wouldn't take long for the others to catch up.

Time was running out. After killing someone, calling the police would only complicate matters-we couldn't risk it.

I steadied my voice and said, "Whitney, my phone's on the backseat. Call Taylor right now, tell him what's happening, and ask where we should go!"

"Got it."

Whitney quickly grabbed the phone and dialed. On the other end, Taylor sounded busy as well, with the wind howling in the background.

"Anna, are you okay?" His concern was unmistakable.

Compared to Taylor's panic and urgency, Whitney remained surprisingly calm. She briefly explained what had happened and asked which direction we should head.

"Head west! Don't go to the Whites! I'm sorry, Anna, the situation is out of control."

Taylor continued anxiously, "My men... They've all turned against me. It's him-he's back! Anna, head west and escape. I'll..."

Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

Where was Taylor? What had happened to him?

And what about Carter? Was he in danger too?

"Taylor, are you okay? What about Carter-"

I started to ask, but Whitney interrupted, looking up at me, "Chloe, the call was disconnected."

When I first realized we had gotten into the wrong car, I wasn't nervous. When I drove a blade into someone's heart for the first time, I wasn't nervous either.

But now, knowing that Carter and Taylor had been trapped and hearing the gunshot, I panicked.

My hands trembled uncontrollably, and the fear I had buried deep inside surfaced.

person I cared about most-he couldn't be

hand and slapped myself across

"Chloe!"

fine. I just needed to

no! His phone

I saw two wedding cars speeding up, likely intending to box us in from

crowded, so I pushed down on

their gas pedals, aiming to take me down in one

both sides, I abruptly released the accelerator and

tires screeched violently

"Fasten your seatbelts! Now!"

the wheel, I sent the car into a drift, the front spinning around in an

assumption was that I'd try to

unable to adjust in time, collided head-on,

the pursuers earlier was still holding up the rest of the convoy, leaving just

and

as she gripped her seatbelt tightly. "Chloe, am I going to meet Great-grandma

the wheel and veered just enough to skim past one of the wedding cars, knocking off

drivers of the trailing cars were utterly stunned. Moments ago, they'd heard the sound of the collision up ahead, and now,

hear the driver of the white car in front of

go straight through. Besides these four cars, there were still 12

veered away

some space between us. I quickly spun the wheel and turned the car around.

his head out

head back into the seat. "Great-grandma, sorry, I

pulled out her phone, ready to call Harlan.

him now, he'd be anxious. But more importantly, if Mom heard

person she could rely on now

and Harlan's voice came through, "How are you? Are

"Where are you?"

you this whole time. Look

on speakerphone, so I could

the rearview mirror and saw a Kia Carens aggressively weaving through the wedding cars, trying to break

like Zoey had a habit of disappearing unexpectedly, and now Harlan had turned into her shadow. I had no idea when

never imagined he'd be the one to turn

spotted the Kia Carens weaving through the black

What the hell are

was absolutely

car is our enemy. If we get caught, it's

just wait

words, though brief, were a

We had taken out two of the