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.

cared about most-he couldn't be

raised my hand and

"Chloe!"

I just needed to focus. Call

His phone

mirror, I saw two wedding cars speeding up, likely

particularly crowded, so I pushed down on

gas pedals, aiming to take me

alongside, closing in from both sides, I abruptly

violently against

"Fasten your seatbelts! Now!"

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

two cars flanking us were caught completely off guard. Their assumption was that I'd try to outpace them, so they were ready for

this unexpected move. The two vehicles, unable to adjust in

was still holding up the rest of

turned the car around and charged

gripped her seatbelt tightly.

in, I deftly controlled the wheel and veered just enough to skim past one of the wedding cars, knocking

ago, they'd heard the sound

almost hear the driver of the white car in front of

definitely couldn't go straight through. Besides these four cars, there were still 12 more trailing

away

space between us. I quickly spun

his head out of the window, giving a thumbs-up

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

to call Harlan. After all, Bill

him now, he'd be anxious. But more importantly, if Mom heard the news, what if it

she could

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

"Where are you?"

following you this

was on speakerphone, so I could

aggressively weaving through the wedding cars, trying to break free of

had turned into her shadow. I had no idea when he had caught up

the one to

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

the hell are

was absolutely furious, cursing

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

wait

were a surprisingly comforting

We had taken out two of the cars, but there were