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

"Chloe!"

I just needed to

no! His phone

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

stretch of road wasn't particularly crowded, so I pushed down

floored their gas pedals, aiming to take

they came alongside, closing in from both sides, I

tires screeched violently against the

"Fasten your seatbelts! Now!"

turn of the wheel, I sent the car

Their assumption was that I'd

pulled this unexpected move. The two vehicles, unable to adjust in time, collided head-on, the

separated some of the pursuers earlier was still holding up the rest of

the car around and charged

as she gripped her seatbelt tightly. "Chloe, am

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

sound of the collision

the white car

these four cars, there were still 12 more trailing

I veered away from

down in sync, creating some space between us. I quickly

a guy popped his head out of the

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

phone, ready to call Harlan. After all,

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

she could rely on

voice came through, "How are you?

"Where are you?"

you this whole time. Look behind

was on speakerphone, so I could clearly hear

a Kia Carens aggressively weaving through the wedding cars, trying to break free

a habit of disappearing unexpectedly, and now Harlan had turned into her shadow. I

be the one to turn the situation

spotted the Kia Carens weaving through the black cars and shouted, "Hey, your driving

What the hell

was absolutely furious,

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

just wait for

though brief, were a surprisingly comforting

taken out two