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

my hand and slapped myself across the

"Chloe!"

I just needed

His phone

I saw two wedding cars speeding

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

must have floored their gas pedals, aiming to take

in from both sides, I abruptly released the accelerator

tires screeched violently against

"Fasten your seatbelts! Now!"

car into a drift, the front

guard. Their assumption was that I'd try to outpace

two vehicles, unable to adjust in time, collided head-on, the crash

that had separated some of the pursuers earlier was still holding up the

car around and charged straight

she gripped her seatbelt tightly. "Chloe, am I going to

I deftly controlled the wheel and veered just enough to skim past one

trailing cars were utterly stunned. Moments ago, they'd heard the sound of the

the driver of the white car in front of me screaming

through. Besides these four cars, there were still 12

veered away

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

popped his head out of the window,

head back into the seat. "Great-grandma,

call Harlan. After all, Bill

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

only person she could rely on now was

phone rang, and Harlan's voice came through, "How

"Where are you?"

following you this

on speakerphone, so I could clearly

saw a Kia Carens aggressively weaving through the wedding

of disappearing unexpectedly, and now Harlan had turned into her shadow. I had no

never imagined he'd be the one to

through the black cars and

hell are

was absolutely

wedding car is our enemy. If we

just wait

words, though brief, were a surprisingly comforting reassurance at

had taken out two of the cars, but