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.

the person I cared about

thinking, I raised my hand and slapped myself across the

"Chloe!"

fine. I just needed to focus.

no! His phone isn't

saw two wedding cars speeding

road wasn't particularly crowded, so I pushed down

pedals, aiming to

in from both sides, I abruptly released

screeched violently against

"Fasten your seatbelts! Now!"

car into a

were caught completely off guard. Their assumption was that I'd try

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 convoy, leaving just

around and

turned pale as she gripped her seatbelt

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

cars were utterly stunned. Moments ago, they'd heard the sound of the collision up ahead, and now, a luxury car was

driver of the white car in front of me screaming inwardly, "Don't

couldn't go straight through. Besides these four cars, there

away from the white

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

ahead, a guy popped his head out of the window, giving a thumbs-up and

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

her phone, ready to call

knew that if she called him now, he'd be anxious. But more importantly, if Mom heard the news,

she could rely on now was

rang, and Harlan's voice came

"Where are you?"

been following you this whole time. Look behind

so I could clearly

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

Zoey had a habit of disappearing unexpectedly, and now Harlan had turned

be the

through the black cars and

What the hell are you

absolutely

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

wait for

a surprisingly

concentrate. We had taken out two of the